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OSCE Centre supports role of civil society to combat corruption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 January 2009
ASTANA, 26 January 2009- The OSCE Centre and the non-governmental organization Transparency Kazakhstan held a workshop today aimed at fostering co-operation with civil society and strengthening its role in combating corruption...
OSCE Presence calls on Albanian government to ensure lustration law meets international standards
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
TIRANA, 23 December 2008- Alex Finnen, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, issued the following statement today...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports anti-corruption campaign in high schools
Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 23 December 2008- High school students from eight schools in Yerevan and the Kotayk region learned about fighting corruption during an OSCE-supported pilot course that ended with a closing ceremony today...
OSCE Presence, ODIHR urge wider consultation ahead of Albanian parliamentary vote on lustration law
Publishing date: 22 December 2008
TIRANA, 22 December 2008- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, and the Director of OSCE/ODIHR, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today urged the Albanian Parliament to consider postponing its vote on a draft lustration law...
OSCE Centre organizes seminar to improve criminal process standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 16 December 2008- Improving the handing of criminal cases through more effective co-operation between law enforcement and judicial bodies and the proper use of evidence was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today...
OSCE Mission presents books to support Georgia's legislative process
Publishing date: 16 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 16 December 2008- The OSCE Mission to Georgia presented the first two parts of a five-volume series of books on different countries' constitutions today...
OSCE Mission, Serbian Prison Administration support discussion on law against organized crime
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
BELGRADE, 15 December 2008- The draft Law on Enforcement of Prison Sentence for Criminal Offences with Elements of Organized Crime will be discussed at a meeting in Belgrade tomorrow...