News and press releases

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

OSCE Office organizes training course on monitoring right to health in Armenian detention facilities

Publishing date: 21 September 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 21 September 2009- An OSCE Office-supported training course on the right to health and international standards in Armenia's detention facilities ended in Tsakhkadzor today...

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Further reforms needed in Armenian penitentiaries, OSCE-supported report says

Publishing date: 8 September 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Rule of law

YEREVAN, 8 September 2009- Efforts to bring Armenian penitentiaries and detention centres into line with international human rights standards are progressing, but further improvement is needed, according to an OSCE-supported report released today...

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OSCE Office organizes anti-corruption training for high school students in Armenia's Syunik region

Publishing date: 21 August 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Education, Rule of law

GORIS, Armenia, 22 August 2009- Some 280 students from 21 high schools in Armenia's Syunik region took part in anti-corruption courses during an OSCE-supported summer camp that concluded today in Goris...

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OSCE Senior Police Adviser encourages further police reform in Armenia

Publishing date: 17 July 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Human rights, Policing

YEREVAN, 17 July 2009- The Senior Police Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General, Kevin Carty, discussed Armenia's police reform with authorities during a visit to Yerevan today...

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OSCE Office helps develop renewable energy resources in Armenia

Publishing date: 17 July 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities

YEREVAN, 17 July 2009- A presentation on the OSCE Office in Yerevan's work to help introduce and develop Clean Development Mechanisms in Armenia's Syunik region was held today in Yerevan...

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OSCE Office organizes human rights training for young activists from Armenia's regions

Publishing date: 14 July 2009

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Human rights

SEVAN, Armenia, 14 July 2009- Twenty-seven young activists and representatives of non-governmental organizations from Armenia's regions completed an OSCE-supported training course on human rights in Sevan today...