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OSCE civil society conference on challenges facing Mediterranean democracies in transition

Publishing date: 4 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Good governance, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was highlighted at the start of a two-day conference in Vilnius today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo hosts annual judicial conference

Publishing date: 3 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Rule of law
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 3 December 2011 – More than 250 judges are meeting today at the annual judicial conference to review the challenges the supreme and district courts face in administering justice and to advance strategies to overcome them. The conference is organized by the OSCE Mission, in co-operation with the Kosovo Judicial Council, the Supreme Court and Kosovo Judicial Institute.

OSCE Mission helps to increase public confidence in war crimes processing in BiH

Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 1 December 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the BiH Prosecutor’s Office, completed in Sarajevo today a series of seven roundtable discussions on war crimes processing...

Human rights in criminal justice the focus of OSCE lectures at Turkmen State University

Publishing date: 25 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 26 November 2011- Some 40 students of the Law Faculty at the Magtymguly Turkmen State University discussed international human rights standards in the administration of criminal justice during an OSCE-organized series of lectures that concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE Centre in Astana promotes dialogue on further reform of Kazakhstan’s penitentiary system

Publishing date: 23 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 23 November 2011 – The future of Kazakhstan’s penal system was the focus of an OSCE-supported conference in Astana today...

Judicial independence focus of OSCE meeting in Moldova

Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Rule of law
The importance of fair selection and accountability of judges was the focus of a roundtable meeting on the independence of the judiciary held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Moldovan Superior Council of Magistrates on 14 November 2011 in Chisinau...

OSCE holds discussion on new Armenian Criminal Procedure Code

Publishing date: 15 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 15 November 2011 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported an expert workshop today to review and discuss the theoretical and practical issues of Armenia’s new draft criminal procedure code...