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OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess federal elections in Switzerland

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BERN, 10 October 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the federal elections to be held in Switzerland on 23 October...

OSCE Centre promotes integrated border management in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 October 2011- A four-day OSCE-organized workshop on integrated border management for 15 Kazakhstani border service officials began today in Aktau, a city on the Caspian Sea...

Access to justice for victims of trafficking

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Victims of trafficking must have access to justice and effective legal remedies, participants at the OSCE’s annual human rights conference said on 6 October...

Support for democratic transition of Mediterranean partners focus of OSCE conference

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
Ways to support the OSCE partner countries in the Southern Mediterranean was the focus of the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference in Budva, Montenegro on 10-11 October 2011...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against rise of anti-Roma violence and extreme nationalism in Europe

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 10 October 2011 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek issued the following statement today...

War Crimes Justice Project launches manual on international criminal defence, promotes exchange of experience

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 10 October 2011 – Defence attorneys practicing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and defence lawyers from the region met in Sarajevo today to exchange experiences and promote a new manual on international criminal defence...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for release of Tajik journalist facing 16 years imprisonment

Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 10 October 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the prosecution’s request for a 16-year prison term for Tajik journalist Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov and called for his immediate release.