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Criminal justice reform moves up the political agenda in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE conference

Publishing date: 25 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 25 January 2004- The reform of Kyrgyzstan's criminal justice system topped the agenda of an international conference, organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

OSCE Office hosts conference on bill to reform Azerbaijani legal profession

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 23 January 2004- Participants at an OSCE Conference on the Reforms in Azerbaijani Bar System agreed on the necessity of changes in the draft Law on Advocates in order to make planned reforms more effective and efficient and to bring more...

OSCE missions reconfirm support for combating trafficking in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 22 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 22 January 2004- OSCE missions in south-eastern Europe reconfirmed their support to the governments of the region in combating trafficking in human beings, at a meeting...

OSCE Mission sends 32 community policing officers to gain hands-on experience in Holland

Publishing date: 19 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Policing
SKOPJE, 19 January 2004- Thirty-two police officers have been awarded diplomas for completing an OSCE training course on community policing and will now be sent to the Netherlands to experience how community policing is done in that country...

OSCE Mission to Croatia mourns death of staff member

Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 January 2004- A member of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Steve Degeneve, tragically died yesterday evening less than two hours after a car accident. Degeneve, a 37-year old French citizen...

Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit

Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...

Human rights quiz offers prospect of a "Happy New Year" to inmates of women's prison in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 29 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 29 December 2003- A women's prison in Tajikistan was the unusual setting for a human rights quiz organized recently by the OSCE's Centre in Dushanbe and its Kulyab field office, in co-operation with the prison administration and municipal...