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ODIHR trains Egyptian NGOs on human rights, election observation

Publishing date: 27 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
Fifteen civil society representatives from Egypt arrived in Warsaw on 26 July for a three-day training workshop on election monitoring and human rights organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE’s Lithuanian Chairmanship...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo regrets loss of life, calls for calm and co-operation

Publishing date: 27 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Prishtinë/Priština, 27 July 2011- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Edward Joseph, said today that he regrets the loss of life and injuries in the wake of the operation by Kosovo police special units in northern Kosovo...

OSCE Office promotes human rights education in Armenia

Publishing date: 26 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
VANADZOR, Armenia, 26 July 2011 – Thirty secondary school teachers from many regions of Armenia are participating in a three-week intensive course on human rights that started today in Vanadzor in the Lori region...

OSCE Special Representatives on gender and human trafficking visit Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 26 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Gender equality
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, and the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, are visiting Kyrgyzstan from 26 to 29 July 2011...

OSCE Secretary General meets Austrian Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 25 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 25 July 2011 – Newly appointed OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger today to discuss plans to enhance the effectiveness of the Organization as well as developments in the OSCE area...

OSCE Office in Baku co-hosts course on fundamental rights and freedoms for judges and lawyers

Publishing date: 25 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BAKU, 25 July 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku and the German Justice Ministry's International Legal Co-operation Foundation today launched a week-long course on fundamental rights and freedoms for 30 judges and lawyers...

OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps local police strengthen forensic expertise

Publishing date: 25 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
An OSCE-supported training course that aimed to help Kyrgyzstan's police improve the quality of its investigations concluded on 25 July 2011 in the town of Balykchy in the north-eastern province of Issyk-Kul...