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OSCE Presence in Albania publishes guidelines for lawyers in civil proceedings

Publishing date: 1 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
A legal manual that will help lawyers improve their performance in the civil court proceedings was presented by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian National Chamber of Advocates at an event held on 1 July 2014 in Tirana...

OSCE organizes moot court competition in Idjevan, Armenia

Publishing date: 30 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
High school students from Idjevan, Tavush region of Armenia participated in simulated court proceedings on 28 June 2014...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič

Publishing date: 30 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...

OSCE/ODIHR presents assessment report and legal opinion on performance evaluation of judges in Moldova

Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Evaluating the performance of judges to help improve their skills was the focus of a roundtable event co-organized by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 27 June 2014 in Chisinau.

OSCE Mission to Skopje trains custody officers on new criminal procedure law

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Skopje trained some 150 custody officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 27 March to 22 June 2014 on the effective application of the new Law on criminal procedure that came into force in December last year...

OSCE promotes application of freedom of expression standards in judicial practice in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 19 June 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on enhancing the efficiency of the judicial system in applying international standards on freedom of expression began today in Astana...

Participants at OSCE/ODIHR roundtable in Washington discuss challenges, good practices in protecting freedom of peaceful assembly in North America

Publishing date: 19 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Challenges and good practices in protecting the freedom of peaceful assembly were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Washington D.C., organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and hosted by the George Washington University School of Law, on 18 and 19 June 2014.