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OSCE-supported meeting seeks ways to further democratize judicial-legal system in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 1 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Rule of law
Identifying ways to further democratize the judicial-legal system and strengthen judicial independence in Uzbekistan were the focus of a meeting held in Tashkent on 31 January 2010 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the National Human Rights Centre of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

OSCE Presence in Albania urges respect for media freedom

Publishing date: 31 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 January 2011 – Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania calls for protection of media freedom and respect for the rule of law during investigations into the tragic events of 21 January in Tirana which claimed the lives of 3 people...

OSCE Chairperson welcomes Kazakhstan President’s decision not to hold referendum on extending presidential term

Publishing date: 31 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Good governance, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 31 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today's decision by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, not to hold a referendum on extending his term of office...

OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes adoption of Interior Ministry Development Strategy

Publishing date: 28 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Good governance, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 28 January 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed today the adoption of the Interior Ministry’s 2011-2016 Development Strategy, saying it advances the country's police reform work...

OSCE Chairperson calls for end to violence in Albania

Publishing date: 21 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 21 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, called today on all in Albania to refrain from using violence, following clashes that have caused several deaths and numerous injuries...

ICTY, national prosecutors share experience in handling complex war crimes cases as part of OSCE/ODIHR-led project

Publishing date: 20 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 20 January 2011 – Prosecutors from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and their national counterparts in the region today exchanged experiences in prosecuting complex war crime cases during a meeting in Belgrade...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes adoption of access-to-information law in Ukraine, urges further reform

Publishing date: 16 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law
VIENNA, 17 January 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the recent adoption of a comprehensive access-to-information law by the Ukrainian parliament, calling it “a considerable step towards government transparency”...