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OSCE Centre supports course on public international law for Turkmenistan's university students
Publishing date: 23 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 23 May 2008- Students at Turkmenistan's Magtymguly State University discussed public international law at an OSCE Centre course that ended in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Kosovo Mission voices concern over legislation on privatization
Publishing date: 21 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 21 May 2008- Privatization in Kosovo should be fair, transparent and in line with international human rights standards, according to an OSCE report released today...
OSCE Mission criticizes media that published photos of nude 12-year-old girl
Publishing date: 19 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 19 May 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, criticized today those Belgrade media which recently published and broadcast photos of a nude 12-year-old girl, and called for basic journalistic rules...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...
Kosovo municipalities making headway in establishing new executive structures, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
PRISHTINË/PRISTINA, 23 April 2008- Municipalities have made valuable progress in establishing new executive structures after the November 2007 elections, says a report issued by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports good governance training for municipal councillors
Publishing date: 23 April 2008
SKOPJE, 23 April 2008- Enhancing the capacity of municipal councillors and promoting principles of good governance is the aim of a workshop that started in Veles today...
OSCE human rights body co-organizes expert meeting on use of plea agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina war crimes cases
Publishing date: 15 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 15 April 2008- The use of plea agreements in war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina was examined today at an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...