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OSCE Mission welcomes setting up of Tajik human rights Commission
Publishing date: 14 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 14 March 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, Ambassador Marc Gilbert, has welcomed the establishment of a Commission by the Tajik authorities to pursue the fulfilment of the country's international human rights obligations...
OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...
Tajik law enforcement bodies call for improvement of the criminal procedural code
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
KHUJAND, 12 March 2002- A series of OSCE training seminars for law enforcement personnel on human and civil rights during arrest, detention and pre-trial investigation has concluded in the Sughd province, Tajikistan...
OSCE round table on freedom of religion and belief held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 6 February 2002- A round table meeting organized by the OSCE and the Tajik Government on 1 February in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, concluded that the situation regarding the freedom of religion and belief was in general acceptable...
OSCE and Tajik Government organizes human rights and torture prevention training seminars
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
KHUJAND, 5 February 2002- Between 25 January and 2 February, the OSCE and the Tajik Government organized a series of eight human rights training seminars for some 240 members of prison and detention centre staff in the Sughd province...
OSCE starts anti-trafficking project in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE/KHUJAND, 18 January 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan has begun a three-month pilot project aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking among law enforcement officials in the city of Khujand, northern Tajikistan...
International conference agrees on need to abolish death penalty in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 21 December 2001- An International Conference on the Death Penalty, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan on 20 and 21 December, ended today in Dushanbe with an appeal by the participants to the President of Tajikistan...