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OSCE Mission presents publications to support judicial reform and legislative process in Georgia

Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 19 December 2007.- The OSCE Mission to Georgia is supporting judicial reform and the legislative process in the country with two new publications aimed at legal professionals. A two-volume work on the constitutions of foreign countries was...

OSCE Mission, Serbian Justice Ministry sign partnership agreement

Publishing date: 18 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and Serbian Justice Minister, Dusan Petrovic, signed a new partnership agreement today...

OSCE Mission organizes study visit for Serbian officials to the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 14 December 2007- Senior officials from Serbia's judicial institutions for war crimes and Serbian journalists took part in an OSCE-organized study visit to Sierra Leone's Special Court and Truth and Reconciliation Commission this week...

OSCE supports interagency co-operation to fight transnational organized crime

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Enhancing co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in organized crime investigations is the focus of an expert meeting that began in Vienna today. More than 50 experts will participate in the meeting...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training course on suspects' rights

Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2007- International human rights standards related to the treatment of the accused, from arrest to trial, were the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with...

Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking

Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...

OSCE presents report on fair trials in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 29 November 2007
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, 29 November 2007- An OSCE trial monitoring report released today in Kyrgyzstan identifies the public's right to attend trials, investigation of defendants' allegations of torture and the presumption of innocence among steps needed for fair...