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OSCE Mission supports refugee return accord between Belgrade and Sarajevo

Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 6 October 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the agreement on refugee returns, signed today between Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The OSCE Mission...

Uzbek prison officials, NGOs to undergo OSCE training in Poland

Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 6 October 2003- Representatives from Uzbek prisons, the Ombudman's Office and non-governmental organizations will attend an OSCE training programme in Poland on international prison standards. The training scheme, which starts tomorrow...

OSCE trains legal professionals on new Provisional Criminal Codes for Kosovo

Publishing date: 2 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 2 October 2003- The OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) will host two training sessions this week to introduce Kosovo's legal community to the reforms contained in the new Provisional Criminal Code and...

OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes new law on Ombudsperson

Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 1 October 2003- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, welcomed the entry into force today of a new law strengthening the role of the Ombudsperson. "This important law is a key step forward...

Latvian human rights centre receives Van der Stoel prize 2003

Publishing date: 30 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 September 2003- An international jury, led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, has decided to award the inaugural Van der Stoel Prize to the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies. The prize...

OSCE to host Europe's largest human rights conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 29 September 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, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 September, 2003- More than 500 international experts, government representatives, and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 6 to 17 October to take part in this year's session of Europe's largest human rights conference...

OSCE CiO appeals to Turkmenistan to live up to human rights commitments

Publishing date: 26 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 26 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, spoke on Thursday with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, about co-operation...