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OSCE Office urges Tajikistan to decriminalize defamation and libel laws

Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organized a meeting starting today that called for the decriminalization and libel...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator advocates sustainability of Ukraine's civil society sector

Publishing date: 8 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 8 October, 2008- Evaluating the development of civil society in Ukraine and ways to enhance its sustainability are the focus of an OSCE-organized conference that opened in Kyiv today...

OSCE Chairman says it's time for Belarus to open a new chapter

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Elections, Countering terrorism
MINSK, 7 October 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, said today that the Organization remains keen to enhance meaningful co-operation with Belarus...

OSCE Mission head welcomes appointments of Citizens' Protector deputies in Serbia

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the National Assembly's appointment of four Citizen Protectors' deputies...

OSCE conference in Ukraine focuses on human rights violation in pre-trial detention centres

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
SUDAK, Ukraine, 7 October, 2008- Human rights violations in pre-trial detention centres in Eastern Europe and national preventive mechanisms against torture and ill treatment in such centres are the focus of an OSCE conference in Sudak...

OSCE Mission to Skopje helps share municipal best practices with visiting Serbian delegation

Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 6 October 2008- A delegation of Serbia's municipal interethnic council arrived in Skopje today to learn about best practices on inter community relations within municipalities...

OSCE Centre fosters discussion on political reforms in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 26 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
ASTANA, 26 September 2008- Legislation on political parties and elections as a contributing factor to the reforms process in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable discussion today co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...