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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić completes two-day visit to OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, supports the country’s commitments to positive reform-oriented agenda

Publishing date: 30 April 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Kryesuesi i radhës i OSBE-së për vitin 2015 viziton Ballkanin Perëndimor
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SARAJEVO, 30 April 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić completed on Wednesday a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). During his visit, Dačić met BiH Presidency members Mladen Ivanić, Bakir Izetbegović and Dragan Čović, Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Crnadak, Chairperson of BiH Council of Ministers Denis Zvizdić, Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and Federation of BiH President Marinko Čavara. During his meetings with senior state officials in Sarajevo, he highlighted the important role that Bosnia and Herzegovina plays in promoting regional co-operation and commended the government for its commitment to undertaking the necessary socio-economic reforms...

Time to tackle the OSCE’s lack of legal status, say participants at Helsinki +40 seminar

Publishing date: 28 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Rule of law
COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE’s lack of a clear, international legal status and the challenges that result for its personnel, particularly during crisis situations, was the topic of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s latest Helsinki +40 seminar, held on 27 April in Copenhagen...

OSCE facilitates public discussion on implementation of Free Access to Information Law

Publishing date: 23 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Rule of law
Public discussion on the implementation of the Free Access to Information Act supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and in co-operation with the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information, took place on 21 April 2015 in Niksic...

Independence of institutions must be respected, says OSCE Mission to Serbia Acting Head Uyehara

Publishing date: 21 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 21 April 2015- The OSCE Mission to Serbia is concerned about the ongoing campaign against the Serbian Ombudsman institution and Ombudsman Saša Janković...

OSCE and partners support public discussion of Kyrgyz criminal and justice reform

Publishing date: 20 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
BISHKEK, 20 April 2015 – A two-day roundtable to discuss draft laws on the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Procedure Code, Penal-Executive Code, Code on Offences, as well as legislative acts on increasing the responsibility of judges, and legislative acts on bailiffs and others is being held on 20-21 April 2015 in Bishkek...

Partnership and co-operation takes Bosnia and Herzegovina forward on its reform path, says OSCE Secretary General Zannier

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 16 April 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier concluded yesterday a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he met with high-level state officials, Srebenica municipal and religious leaders, and senior representatives of the international community...

OSCE supports expert meeting on penitentiary legislation in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 10 April 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
The second of two OSCE-supported expert meetings on the harmonization of some legislative acts in line with provisions of the new Criminal Executive Code of Kazakhstan took place on 10 April 2015 in Almaty.