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Government officials from 40 countries discuss data collection on hate crimes at OSCE meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October 2009- Ways of improving state responses in the fight against crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance, including against Muslims and Christians, were being discussed at an OSCE meeting...

OSCE Office in Yerevan promotes better access to government information through freedom of information legislation reform

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 28 October 2009- An OSCE-supported public event focusing on a package of draft amendments to Armenia's legislation on freedom of information was held in Yerevan today.

Roundtable held on OSCE/ODIHR reviews of draft laws on crime prevention and combating domestic violence in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 27 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 27 October 2009- An OSCE roundtable meeting to discuss draft laws on crime prevention and combating domestic violence, as well as legal opinions prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, started in Astana today...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports creation of mechanisms to prevent torture and ill-treatment in detention

Publishing date: 26 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
LVIV, Ukraine, 26 October, 2009- An East European Conference that looks at challenges and practical aspects of implementing national mechanisms to prevent torture and ill-treatment in detention, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...

OSCE Centre in Astana supports workshop on NGO co-operation with media, state

Publishing date: 23 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan, 23 October 2009- A workshop organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana on enhancing non-governmental organizations' co-operation with the media and state institutions began today in Oskemen in eastern Kazakhstan.

Head of OSCE human rights office dismayed about appeals hearing of Kazakh human rights defender

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
WARSAW, 21 October 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today expressed dismay about the conduct of the appeals hearing for Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis...

OSCE roundtable meeting on freedom of association in Central Asia opens in Bishkek

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 21 October 2009. Government officials, parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek today to discuss ways to enhance freedom of association...