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OSCE Mission head welcomes appointments of Citizens' Protector deputies in Serbia

Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Education, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the National Assembly's appointment of four Citizen Protectors' deputies...

OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Sweden by Turkmenistan lawmakers

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 29 September 2008- Four members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) and a representative from the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights have completed a study visit to Sweden...

OSCE Mission organizes discussion on economic, social rights of internally displaced persons in Serbia

Publishing date: 19 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 19 September 2008- Representatives of state institutions, local and international NGOs are discussing how to improve the access of internally displaced persons to education, healthcare, social welfare, employment and legal aid at a meeting...

OSCE meeting to discuss criminal justice reform in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 17 September 2008- Some 50 high-level criminal justice professionals and experts from across Central Asia will discuss the reform of the criminal justice systems in the countries of the region at a meeting that opened in Zerenda today...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training course for new police inspectors

Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 15 September 2008-A three-week training course on community policing organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje started today in the southern village of Krani...

OSCE official urges States to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Rule of law
HELSINKI, 10 September 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Eva Biaudet, urged OSCE participating States today to put victims' rights at the centre when investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...

UNMIK downsizing gives OSCE opportunity for larger role in Kosovo, UNMIK head says

Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) offers the OSCE an opportunity to make an even more concrete impact in Kosovo, UNMIK head Lamberto Zannier told the OSCE Permanent...