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OSCE Centre helps promote international anti-corruption standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 June 2010
BOROVOE, Kazakhstan, 24 June 2010- A conference on international best practices and tools to combat corruption and enhancing Kazakhstan's legal framework started in the resort town of Borovoe near Astana today...
OSCE Centre in Astana raises awareness on international human rights instruments
Publishing date: 24 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
ASTANA, 24 June 2010- A workshop on human rights complaint mechanisms, organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana together with the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Kazakhstan and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, started in Astana today..
Regional OSCE/ODIHR expert meeting discusses challenges to judicial independence
Publishing date: 23 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
KYIV, 23 June 2010- Experts from the OSCE region are discussing challenges to judicial independence in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia at an OSCE-organized workshop that started in Kyiv today...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on access to information legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 June 2010
ASTANA, 22 June 2010- Adoption of a specific law on access to information in Kazakhstan is the topic of a two-day conference, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, which started in Astana today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports establishment of national mechanism for non-discrimination
Publishing date: 21 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 21 June 2010- A high-level OSCE-supported conference which started in Skopje today will discuss the establishment of an effective national mechanism for protection from discrimination...
OSCE/ODIHR criminal justice forum for Central Asia charts directions for reform
Publishing date: 17 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 17 June 2010- The 2010 Expert Forum for Central Asia to discuss developments and trends in criminal justice reform in Central Asia and beyond opened in Dushanbe today...
OSCE, UN, EU Special Envoys say national unity and restoring security are key in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 16 June 2010- Wrapping up a visit to assess the situation in Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Envoy Zhanybek Karibzhanov reiterated today that restoring security, peace and rule of law were crucial in Kyrgyzstan...