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OSCE Mission completes monitoring of elections for High Judicial Council and State Prosecutors’ Council
Publishing date: 4 April 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia observed the 3 and 23 March elections for six seats on the High Judicial Council and State Prosecutors’ Council, respectively, as part of its support for these bodies, which are important pillars of judicial independence...
OSCE Mission assists Serbia to prepare for international review of draft Criminal Procedure Code
Publishing date: 1 April 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Serbia delivered an English translation of the new draft Criminal Procedure Code to the Serbian Justice Ministry on 1 April 2011, to enable it to be reviewed by international experts...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, U.S. Embassy support training course to strengthen prosecutors' skills in fighting financial crime
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Rule of law
ZLATIBOR, 31 March 2011 – Some 30 prosecutors from Serbia's anti-corruption units today began discussing the use of forensic accounting in financial investigations at a training course organized jointly by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the U.S. Department of Justice...
Prospects for probation in Kazakhstan’s criminal justice system discussed at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
ASTANA, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians, government officials, civil society representatives and academics discussed the necessary legal and institutional framework for a probation system in Kazakhstan at an OSCE Centre conference that began in Astana today...
Attempts to undermine the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of BiH harm all people in BiH
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 25 March 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has noted with increasing concern that the role and purpose of BiH’s state judicial institutions have been openly called into question in recent weeks...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo donates books to Prishtinë/Priština University law faculty
Publishing date: 23 March 2011
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 March 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today donated 300 newly published volumes of the OSCE’s legal reports to the Law Faculty at Prishtinë/Priština University...
OSCE Centre holds discussion on criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law