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OSCE Centre fosters dialogue on environmental security threats in the Aral Sea basin
Publishing date: 17 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Rule of law
KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 17 May 2010- A two-day roundtable discussion on environmental security threats to the Aral Sea basin, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Kazakh branch of the International Foundation for Saving the Aral Sea...
Judicial independence and access to justice remain challenge in OSCE region, participants at Warsaw meeting say
Publishing date: 16 May 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, 17 May 2010- Guaranteeing judicial independence and public access to justice remain a significant challenge in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of an OSCE meeting on these topics...
OSCE and Venice Commission host roundtable meeting on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 13 May, 2010- High-level representatives of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and international experts are meeting today in Bishkek at a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Office supports police reform in Tajikistan with strategic planning workshop
Publishing date: 7 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 7 May 2010- A two-week strategic planning workshop for 27 senior police managers, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to foster police reform, concluded today...
OSCE raises awareness on the rights of prisoners in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 5 May 2010- Two OSCE-supported publications- a guide and a brochure on the rights of detained, arrested and convicted persons in Armenia, were launched in Yerevan today at a round table held at the Ministry of Justice of Armenia...
Recommendations for improving law-making process presented at OSCE-led meeting in Skopje
Publishing date: 4 May 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Rule of law
SKOPJE, 4 May 2010- A set of recommendations on how to make the process of drafting and adopting legislation more transparent and efficient were presented at an OSCE-organized conference in Skopje today...
OSCE helps promote trial and criminal justice reform in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 May 2010
YEREVAN, 4 May 2010- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, met Armenia's Prosecutor General Aghavn Hovsepyan today to discuss justice sector reforms...