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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...
OSCE supports public debate on new Kyrgyz constitution
Publishing date: 4 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 4 May 2010- A roundtable meeting to discuss the draft Constitution of Kyrgyzstan organized by the Kyrgyz interim government with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek was held today...
OSCE media freedom representative launches guide on access to information on World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 3 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
BERLIN, 3 May 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, launched a guide for journalists on how to access government information today, marking World Press Freedom Day...
Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities following visit to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
THE HAGUE, 30 April 2010- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, at the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan: "The aim of my visit to Kyrgyzstan was to look into reports about a spate...