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OSCE Croatia Mission welcomes election law changes, urges prompt application of minority law

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
ZAGREB, 3 April 2003- Ambassador Peter Semneby, Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, has welcomed yesterday's adoption of changes to Croatia's election law by Parliament, providing national minorities in the country with fairer representation. At...

OSCE concerned about segregation of students in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 3 April 2003- Ambassador Robert Beecroft, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has expressed strong concern about the continued segregation of students in 56 schools in one of the two country's entities...

OSCE/ODIHR: In times of conflict, respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be top priority

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GENEVA, 3 April 2003- ODIHR Director Amb. Christian Strohal today underlined in a statement to the UN Human Rights Commission that respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be a top priority, particularly in times of armed conflict. "In

OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...

Pace of reform accelerating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission Head says

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 3 April 2003- The pace of reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina is accelerating but there is still a long way to go in fully establishing the rule of law and economic regeneration, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Democratization promotes Central Asian security, OSCE Bishkek Academy workshop notes

Publishing date: 2 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 2 April 2003- Democracy is no guarantee of security and stability, but it reduces risks, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, told an experts' meeting in the Kyrgyz capital, organized by...

OSCE welcomes progress in reforming Albania's election law, urges swift resolution on remaining issues

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 1 April 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the consensual agreement by the bi-partisan committee of the Albanian parliament on improvements to the...