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OSCE Centre helps strengthen gender sensitivity in southwestern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 19 November 2010- Addressing gender issues such as domestic violence, bride kidnapping, polygamy and early marriage were the central theme of an OSCE-supported conference held today in Jalal-Abad...

All journalists imprisoned because of their work should be set free, OSCE media freedom representative says

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic welcomed Azerbaijani authorities' release today of a second jailed Azerbaijani blogger and urged that authorities also set free a journalist...

Need for strong fair trial guarantees stressed at OSCE meeting on Armenia's new criminal procedure code

Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 19 November 2010- Armenia's new criminal procedure code should include strong fair trial guarantees, officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Office in Yerevan said today at a meeting...

OSCE participating States agree to adapt police support to Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 18 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
VIENNA, 18 November 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States today agreed to adapt the Organization's support to Kyrgyzstan's police taking into account changed circumstances in the country...

ICTY delivers transcripts in local languages to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia under OSCE/ODIHR-led War Crimes Justice Project

Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 12 November 2010- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will deliver a first set of trial transcripts produced in local languages to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina today as part of an OSCE...

Fair trial standards in case of prominent human rights defender in Kyrgyzstan crucial, ODIHR director says

Publishing date: 11 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 11 November 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today encouraged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to ensure full compliance with fair trial standards...

OSCE Office promotes improved public services in Armenia

Publishing date: 9 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 9 November 2010- The OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia's Civil Service Council, the Union of Government Employees and the Yerevan State University greed today to co-operate to improve the quality of civil service and reduce corruption...