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Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes adoption of administrative courts law
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
TIRANA, 3 May 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of the law on administrative courts by the Albanian parliament...
OSCE Office in Yerevan organizes workshop on probation standards
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
YEREVAN, 30 April 2012 – International standards on probation and experience and good practices of other OSCE states were discussed today at an OSCE workshop in Yerevan...
Law students in Turkmenistan discuss pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings at OSCE lecture course
Publishing date: 27 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 28 April 2012- Thirty students from the Law Faculty of the S.A. Niyazov Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs completed today in Ashgabat an OSCE-organized lecture series on human rights standards at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings...
OSCE and Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman hold workshop on torture prevention mechanism
Publishing date: 26 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
BAKU, 26 April 2012 – A workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijan on detention monitoring and reporting on cases of torture under national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) started today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
ASHGABAT, 23 April 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presented an article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat today...
Prior to parliamentary elections in Armenia OSCE Office launches guide for voters on political parties
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 18 April 2012 – An OSCE-supported guidebook summarizing the platforms, activities and goals of political parties running for 6 May parliamentary elections in Armenia was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regulatory reforms
Publishing date: 12 April 2012
SKOPJE, 12 April 2012 – Today the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched a package of two projects to train civil servants in law-drafting and improve the quality and inclusiveness of legislation...