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OSCE Mission holds meeting to discuss rehabilitation projects for Georgian-Ossetian zone of conflict
Publishing date: 16 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
TSKHINVALI, 16 December 2005- Rehabilitation and development projects within the Georgian-Ossetian zone of conflict was the focus of a meeting today in Tskhinvali, organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses concern at escalation of tension in Georgia
Publishing date: 6 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 6 December 2005- Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel, announced his concern at news of the arrest by Georgian military police of two South Ossetian police officers and the detention of three Georgian police and nine civilians by South Ossetia...
OSCE Mission organizes crisis response training course for Georgian Interior Ministry staff
Publishing date: 28 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
TBILISI, 28 November 2005- Creating an effective crisis response to incidents of terrorism is the aim of an OSCE-organized training course for 21 middle-ranking Georgian Interior Ministry officials, starting today in Tbilisi. The course...
OSCE Mission holds seminar for Georgian and Ossetian students on human rights
Publishing date: 15 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 15 November 2005- Forty-five Georgian and Ossetian students took part in a five-day seminar on human rights laws and conflict resolution, that ended this week. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia and...
OSCE conference calls for better protection of defence lawyers
Publishing date: 4 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 4 November 2005- The first major international event to focus on the role and rights of defence lawyers, organized by the OSCE, ended today in the Georgian capital. The event brought together more than 300 participants...
OSCE Mission organizes seminar on fair trials for Georgian judiciary
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
TBILISI, 31 October 2005- Twenty high-ranking representatives of the Georgian legal system have completed a seminar on the right to a fair trial. The sessions for representatives from all over Georgia were organized by the OSCE Mission and the...
OSCE Mission and USAID to help Georgia update its civil registry system
Publishing date: 17 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 17 October 2005- The OSCE Mission to Georgia and the US Agency for International Development are to help Georgia establish a modernized civil registry system, which will store data on...