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National stakeholders, international experts discuss establishment of national mechanism to prevent torture in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 1 June 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
A draft law and regulations establishing a national preventive mechanism (NPM) to monitor all places of detention in Uzbekistan were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Tashkent on 31 May and 1 June 2018. The event was organized by the country’s ombuds institution – the Authorized Person of the

OSCE Mission to Serbia and European Union support authorities in establishing nationwide support service to victims and witnesses of crime

Publishing date: 1 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 1 June 2018 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia launched today in Belgrade a three-year project entitled Support for Victims and Witnesses of Crime in Serbia...

OSCE supports establishment of National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 1 June 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 1 June 2018 – The first international roundtable discussion on Uzbekistan’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against Torture, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Office of the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman), concluded today in Tashkent...

Sustainable reform demands constructive political engagement, says OSCE Secretary General Greminger during visit to Tirana

Publishing date: 29 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Youth, Rule of law
TIRANA, 29 May 2018 – OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today concluded a two-day visit to Tirana during which he met with Albania’s highest level officials, emphasizing the importance of broad political commitment to the country’s essential reforms and offering OSCE’s continued partnership....

OSCE/ODIHR trains local police from Fuenlabrada, Spain on human rights standards in countering violent extremism that may lead to terrorism

Publishing date: 24 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
The links between respecting human rights and countering violent extremism and radicalization that may lead to terrorism were explored during a training workshop for police officers from the Spanish municipality of Fuenlabrada, from 22 to 24 May 2018. The course was organized by the OSCE Office for

OSCE Programme Office supports publication of Kazakhstan Ombudsman’s report

Publishing date: 22 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
The public presentation of the Report on the Activities of Kazakhstan’s Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in 2017 took place with OSCE support on 22 May 2018 in Astana...

Torture prevention and work of Poland’s national preventive mechanism focus of roundtable event organized by Polish Commissioner for Human Rights and OSCE/ODIHR

Publishing date: 22 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Preventing torture and the role of Poland’s national preventive mechanism was the focus of a roundtable event organized in Warsaw by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland on 22 May 2018.