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OSCE Centre supports public monitoring of pre-trial detention centres in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 8 June 2007- Public oversight and preventing torture in pre-trial detention centers and prisons in Kazakhstan were discussed at a meeting in Almaty today...
OSCE Centre promotes efficient management of trans-boundary water resources
Publishing date: 31 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 31 May 2007- Sustainable management of ground water resources that stretch across international borders was the topic as experts from Central Asia and the Caucasus began meeting today at a workshop supported by the OSCE Centre in Almaty...
OSCE assists Kazakhstan in promoting religious freedom
Publishing date: 25 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 25 May 2007- International standards and Kazakhstani legislation on freedom of belief and religious association were the topics of a meeting organized today in Astana by the OSCE Centre in Almaty...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan improve road safety
Publishing date: 11 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
ALMATY, 11 May 2007- Raising awareness on road safety in Kazakhstan and promoting best practices in this field was the aim of a meeting held today in Astana. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the Interior Ministry...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes plans for press freedom improvements in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law
ALMATY, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Kazakhstan's Parliament's recent decision to add to its agenda a new draft media law written by four journalists' organizations...
OSCE Spanish Chairmanship ready to support Kazakhstan's commitment to implement political reforms
Publishing date: 10 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 10 April 2007- Kazakhstan is making good progress in planning democratic reforms and now it is time to implement them on the practical level, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today...
OSCE helps train Kazakh law enforcement officials to investigate trafficking cases
Publishing date: 5 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 5 April 2007- Twenty Kazakhstani law enforcement officials are taking part in a training course on investigating cases of human trafficking...