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Local judges and prosecutors visit ICTY as part of War Crimes Justice Project training initiative for Kosovo judiciary
Publishing date: 5 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 5 October 2011 – Eleven local judges and prosecutors from Kosovo today started a two-day study visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...
OSCE Office holds training course on anti-corruption strategies in higher education
Publishing date: 5 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 5 October 2011 –– An OSCE-supported three-day workshop on the implementation of anti-corruption strategies and action plans at universities started today in Yerevan...
Albanian School of Magistrates begins new academic year with OSCE Presence support
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
The School of Magistrates of Albania held a ceremony on 3 October 2011 marking the start of the new academic year for its current and 17 new students, who will become judges and prosecutors at the end of the three-year training course...
OSCE organizes lectures on human rights in criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2011 – A series of lectures on international human rights standards and their applicability in the administration of criminal justice organized by the OSCE for 30 students of the S.A Niyazov Police Institute concludes in Ashgabat tomorrow...
OSCE/ODIHR completes trial skills trainings for judiciary handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 29 September 2011- A training seminar on trial advocacy skills for judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in Teslić today. The training was part of the War Crimes Justice Project (WCJP), which is led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, in partnership with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The project is funded by the European Union...
Judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss co-operation under OSCE/ODIHR war crimes project
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
A training seminar for judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in Sarajevo on 16-17 September...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports skills training for judges
Publishing date: 19 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
A series of training seminars for Ukraine’s administrative court judges, supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (OSCE PCU) starts on 26 September 2011 in Kyiv...