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OSCE Office and Azerbaijani Interior Ministry expand community policing project
Publishing date: 24 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Policing
BAKU, 24 February 2009- Police experts from the OSCE Office in Baku began giving a series of presentations on community policing today as part of a project to support the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's expansion of such policing in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Office organizes workshop to promote democratic control of armed forces in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 February 2009
Content type: Press release
BAKU, 17 February 2008- A workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku to assist the co-operation of military social and welfare associations as they promote democratic control of the armed forces started in Baku today...
OSCE Office hosts conference on human rights litigation in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 11 December 2008- A two-day conference on applying international standards and strategic human rights litigation, organized by the OSCE Office, started in Baku today...
OSCE Office launches web site for Mingechevir City Police
Publishing date: 15 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing
BAKU, 15 September 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry inaugurated a new web site for police in the city of Mingechevir today, making this city the first in the country to have such a police department site...
OSCE Office presents press vests to Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 3 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 3 September 2008- Two hundred vests that will clearly identify journalists during public events and demonstrations were presented to members of the Azerbaijani press corps by the OSCE Office in Baku today...
Presidential election presents opportunity for Azerbaijan, OSCE Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 30 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BAKU, 30 July 2008- Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, today welcomed the Azerbaijani authorities' stated determination to create conditions for the upcoming presidential election...
OSCE Office in Baku launches information sessions on non-interference in the electoral process
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 9 July 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku today opened a series of one-day information sessions for leaders of local election authorities on non-interference in the electoral process...
OSCE Office in Baku organizes training course on tackling money laundering
Publishing date: 30 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
BAKU, 30 June 2008- A workshop for Azerbaijani judges and prosecutors on existing legislation and international mechanisms to tackle money laundering started in Baku today...
OSCE special representative urges Azerbajiani authorities to co-operate with NGOs to better identify victims of human trafficking
Publishing date: 18 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 18 June 2008- The OSCE Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking, Eva Biaudet, commended Azerbaijan today for passing important anti-trafficking laws, and encouraged authorities to step up co-operation with NGOs to better identify...
OSCE Baku Office holds discussion on role of broadcast media in elections
Publishing date: 30 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 30 May 2008- The role of broadcast media in covering democratic elections was the focus of a roundtable discussion in Baku today...