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Training programme prepares over 3,500 police officers for Macedonian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Policing
SKOPJE, 16 August, 2002- More than 3,500 police officers have completed a training course on how to ensure security in line with international policing practices during the forthcoming parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of...

OSCE's human rights office concerned about broadening of prosecutors' powers in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 16 August 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed its concern about a new law broadening the powers of the Prosecutor's Office in Kazakhstan. The law was passed by Parliament...

First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...

Taking steps against discrimination of women in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 7 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 7 August 2002- Participants in a roundtable on equality between men and women in Tajikistan have stressed the need for accessible and fast mechanisms for enforcing legal provisions. The roundtable, organized on 5 August by the OSCE...

Clock starts running on 1 August for Croatian Government's action on property repossession

Publishing date: 1 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 1 August 2002- Legal provisions coming into effect today set a series of deadlines for the Croatian Government to promptly return occupied private properties to their owners...

OSCE Mission to Tajikistan extends human rights training for law enforcement bodies to Khatlon Region

Publishing date: 1 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 1 August 2002- The OSCE Mission and the Tajik Government has extended their joint human training courses for law enforcement bodies to the Khatlon Region in the south of the country. A series of training sessions on "Human Rights and...

International organizations warn Tajik workers against dangers of employment abroad

Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Offices in Tajikistan urge Tajik nationals wishing to travel abroad...