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Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform

Publishing date: 15 October 2002
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, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...

OSCE's human rights cinema week in Tajikistan becomes regular event

Publishing date: 15 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 15 October 2002- Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together for five days of film screenings in the Tajik capital. The second Cinema Week on Human Rights, organized by the OSCE Mission...

OSCE commends Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on penal systems reform

Publishing date: 14 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 14 October 2002- OSCE experts have commended Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for deciding to transfer their prison systems from their respective Ministries of Interior to their Justice Ministries. "This decisive step will give both...

OSCE Baku conference stresses role of religions in preventing terrorism

Publishing date: 11 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 11 October 2002 – An international OSCE conference on religious freedom and combating terrorism, which ended in Baku today, stressed the important role religions and beliefs can play in preventing terrorism and conflict. Participants also...

OSCE project offers better support for trafficking victims in Kosovo

Publishing date: 9 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 9 October 2002- In future, victims of trafficking should be offered stronger support in Kosovo, thanks to an OSCE-funded legal aid project that will strengthen Victims have, up till now, often been treated as prostitutes...

OSCE human rights talk shows to be broadcast live on Azerbaijani TV

Publishing date: 9 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 9 October 2002- Beginning this Saturday, Azerbaijan's first independent TV station, ANS, will broadcast live a series of radio talk shows on human rights issues.

OSCE training seminars in Georgia show human rights is "not just wishful thinking"

Publishing date: 8 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
TBILISI, 8 October 2002- A series of three training seminars on human rights monitoring and reporting ended yesterday in Bakuriani, Georgia. The conclusion of the five-day training was also the occasion to mark the presentation of a new...