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ICTY's Carla Del Ponte says OSCE could support truth and reconciliation commissions in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 4 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 4 November 2003- The Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, suggested that the OSCE could play a role in creating truth and reconciliation commissions in the former Yugoslavia...

OSCE Mission trains Montenegrin prison staff to combat drug abuse in prisons

Publishing date: 3 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 3 November 2003- Over half of the prison staff in Montenegro have today completed a ten-day training programme on fighting drug abuse among inmates, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. The Head of the OSCE...

OSCE Office seriously concerned over continued governmental pressure on NGOs in Belarus

Publishing date: 30 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 29 October 2003- Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, expressed today his serious concern over the continued governmental pressure on non-governmental organizations in Belarus...

OSCE Mission encourages BiH entity on new conscientious objection instruction

Publishing date: 28 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 28 October 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is encouraging the Federation BiH Minister of Defence to proceed rapidly with the implementation of a new instruction on conscientious objectors. Miroslav Nikolic, the...

OSCE Skopje Mission launches Ombudsperson media campaign

Publishing date: 24 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 24 October 2003- An awareness-raising campaign aimed at bringing the Ombudsperson institution closer to the people through a series of media and promotional activities has been launched today in Skopje. "The Ombudsman is on your side...

OSCE-UNICEF youth camp aims to promote Tajik civil society

Publishing date: 24 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 24 October 2003- Forty young people from Tajikistan's Rasht region are attending a joint OSCE-UNICEF camp, which aims at fostering dialogue and participation of students in decision-making on key social, democratic and...

OSCE media watchdog presents book on media freedom and the Internet

Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 23 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has today presented the book "Spreading the Word on the Internet" at a meeting of the Organization's decision-making body, the Permanent Council. "With the...