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OSCE Skopje mission supports free legal advice project "Lawyers in Municipalities"

Publishing date: 12 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 12 October 2004- The third phase of free legal advice project, entitled Lawyers in Municipalities, began today in the towns of Lipkovo, Aracinovo, Bogovinje and Kamenjane. Initiated and financed by the OSCE's Skopje mission, the project offers...

OSCE Skopje Mission and Council of Europe train lawyers on Strasbourg court procedures

Publishing date: 7 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 7 October 2004- A three-day training course aimed at familiarising lawyers with the European Convention on Human Rights and complaint procedures of the Strasburg-based European Court for Human Rights began today in Ohrid. Enabling lawyers to...

OSCE Belgrade mission holds training on international human rights laws

Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 30 September 2004- A seminar on international human rights laws will be held from 1 to 3 October at Lake Palic. It will focus on UN special procedures and affirmative action measures in international law. Lawyers working with NGOs providing...

Chisinau meeting aims at regulating increased flow of migrant workers through Eastern Europe

Publishing date: 27 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
CHISINAU, 27 September 2004- Representatives of Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine meet in Chisinau today to address regional questions on the increasing flow of migrant workers across borders, including safeguarding migrants' rights...

OSCE/ODIHR conference on jury trials in Kazakhstan opens in Astana

Publishing date: 27 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASTANA/WARSAW, 27 September 2004- A two-day conference on the prospects for the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan opened today in the capital Astana. It brings together around 100 governmental officials, legal practitioners, academics and NGO...

OSCE holds experts meeting in Armenia to discuss victim and witness protection

Publishing date: 15 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 15 September 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan organized a two-day expert meeting in Tsakhkadzor that aimed at contributing to the criminalization of human trafficking and the protection of victims' human rights in Armenia...

Brussels conference ends with condemnation of any form of racism, xenophobia and discrimination, calls on OSCE States to combat hate acts

Publishing date: 14 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights
BRUSSELS, 14 September 2004- An international OSCE conference on tolerance and the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination ended here today with a declaration condemning all forms of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, while...