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OSCE Mission supports Kosovo health care providers improve response to cases of domestic violence

Publishing date: 8 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
A series of five workshops held Kosovo-wide for healthcare providers on how to identify, refer and treat victims of domestic violence, organized by the OSCE Mission, concluded on 8 May 2017. The workshops were organized jointly with the Ministry of Health and Kosovo Police, and aimed at strengthening the response of healthcare providers in domestic violence cases...

Kazakhstan’s Ombudsman presents 2016 report, published with support of the OSCE

Publishing date: 4 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
The annual presentation of Kazakhstan’s National Human Rights Commissioner’s (Ombudsman) Report took place on 4 May 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan...

OSCE promotes development of legal profession in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the further development and reformation of the legal profession took place on 28 April 2017 in Astana...

OSCE field staff and civil society representatives share trial monitoring experiences at Skopje meeting

Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Legal professionals from seven OSCE field operations and representatives of 29 NGOs from the OSCE region exchanged experiences in trial monitoring at a meeting co-organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to Skopje from 24 to 26 April 2017 in Skopje.

Lack of equal opportunities, one-sided media coverage and limitations on fundamental freedoms created unlevel playing field in Turkey’s constitutional referendum, international observers say

Publishing date: 17 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
ANKARA, 17 April 2017 – The 16 April constitutional referendum in Turkey was contested on an unlevel playing field, and the two sides in the campaign did not have equal opportunities, the international observers concluded in a statement released today. While the technical aspects of the process were well administered, voters were not provided with impartial information about key aspects of the reform, and limitations on fundamental freedoms had a negative effect, the statement says.

Judges in Kazakhstan trained on environmental issues by OSCE

Publishing date: 14 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance, Rule of law
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil cases took place today in Astana on 14 April 2017.

OSCE supports seminar on domestic violence for judges in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 3 April 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on presiding over cases of domestic violence for judges in the framework of the judges’ annual retraining courses in Astana on 3 April 2017...