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OSCE's human rights representative calls for urgent amendment of election laws in Latvia

Publishing date: 20 March 2002
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, Elections
RIGA, 20 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, called on the political parties in Latvia to bring the election legislation in line with international...

Assembly Support Initiative session focuses on legislative integrity in Kosovo

Publishing date: 19 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISTINA, 19 March 2002- Members of Kosovo's Assembly are gathering today to participate in a comprehensive training series, aiming to strengthen democratic structures through the development of a culture of good governance...

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...

Success for first meeting on Roma issues in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE, 12 March 2002- Effective inclusion of the Roma community into the political and social life in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) were among the issues handled in the first joint meeting between officials of the Federal...

OSCE's human rights office welcomes registration of independent NGO in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 7 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 7 March 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed the formal registration of the Independent Human Rights Organization by the Uzbek Ministry of Justice earlier this week...

Focus placed on rights of Ukrainian military personnel at recent seminar

Publishing date: 5 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 5 March 2002- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the International Society for Human Rights (Ukrainian section), recently hosted a seminar meant to support

OSCE reiterates the call for affordable armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 4 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization
BANJA LUKA, 4 March 2002- At a meeting in Banja Luka today the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina conveyed to the Republika Srpska political leadership the urgent need to bring its military expenditure in line with approved budgets...