News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human rights training for law enforcement bodies of Rasht Valley in Tajikistan completed
Publishing date: 2 July 2002
DUSHANBE, 2 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan and the Tajik Government have completed a series of training seminars on "Human Rights and Citizens' Rights during Arrest, Detention and Pre-trial Investigation" for law enforcement...
Secretary General Kubis urges Tajikistan to continue reforms
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2002- Speaking at the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords in Tajikistan, the OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today urged the Tajik authorities "to continue with determination the reform process"...
OSCE promotes girls' access to higher education in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 May 2002
DUSHANBE, 29 May 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan and its Garm field office have launched a project to promote girls' access to higher education in the Garm and Jirghital districts of the Karategin valley. The Karategin region has...
Religious extremism and ways to respond it discussed at conference in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 29 April 2002
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2002- Religious extremism, its roots and the conditions under which it grows were discussed in the conference "Combating Extremism and Strengthening Democratic Institutions: Problems and Prospects", held in Dushanbe...
Tajikistan urged to bring justice system into line with international norms
Publishing date: 23 April 2002
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2002- Tajikistan was urged at a two-day international conference to bring its criminal justice system into line with international norms. The conference on "Criminal Justice: Correlation of National Norms and...
Tajik law enforcement bodies call for improvement of the criminal procedural code
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
KHUJAND, 12 March 2002- A series of OSCE training seminars for law enforcement personnel on human and civil rights during arrest, detention and pre-trial investigation has concluded in the Sughd province, Tajikistan...
International conference agrees on need to abolish death penalty in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 21 December 2001
DUSHANBE, 21 December 2001- An International Conference on the Death Penalty, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan on 20 and 21 December, ended today in Dushanbe with an appeal by the participants to the President of Tajikistan...