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OSCE begins training for Georgian police officers on combating domestic violence

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 10 June 2003- A workshop for high-ranking police officers on combating domestic violence is being held in Tbilisi this week. The three-day training seminar has been organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

OSCE Mission helps Georgia become an "area free of torture"

Publishing date: 28 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
TBILISI, 28 May 2003- Taking a further step towards fulfilling its OSCE commitments to eliminate torture and inhuman treatment, Georgia today has launched a new website displaying important anti-torture information issued by the Georgian authorities...

OSCE/ODIHR suggests measures to enhance credibility of upcoming elections in Georgia

Publishing date: 7 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 7 April 2003- The OSCE/ODIHR called on the Georgian authorities to consider a number of measures that could contribute to enhancing the credibility and integrity of the parliamentary elections scheduled for autumn. The ODIHR, which plans

OSCE States will fund long-term scheme to destroy surplus weapons and explosives in Georgia

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 30 January 2003-- An agreement was signed today between the Georgian authorities and the OSCE, establishing a project to eliminate or recycle vast munitions dumps, which are a threat to the safety, ecology and security of the country.

Canada supports irrigation channel repair in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

Publishing date: 13 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 13 November 2002- An OSCE-initiated programme of collective compensation for weapons voluntarily handed over is well underway: The 35-km Trifoni irrigation channel in the Georgian-South Ossetian...

Meeting on Georgian-Ossetian conflict held in Portugal

Publishing date: 30 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LISBON, 30 October 2002- From 26 to 28 October 2002, the Eighth Meeting of the Experts' Groups of authorized delegations of Georgian and South Ossetian sides within the framework of the negotiation process on full-scale resolution of...

OSCE training seminars in Georgia show human rights is "not just wishful thinking"

Publishing date: 8 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
TBILISI, 8 October 2002- A series of three training seminars on human rights monitoring and reporting ended yesterday in Bakuriani, Georgia. The conclusion of the five-day training was also the occasion to mark the presentation of a new...