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OSCE Office helps Armenian Parliament create efficient oversight of armed forces
Publishing date: 17 October 2008
YEREVAN, 17 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Parliamentary Committee on defence, national security and international affairs signed a memorandum of understanding today to promote effective parliamentary oversight of the armed forces...
OSCE hosts discussion in Uzbekistan on elections and the political culture of electorate
Publishing date: 16 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 16 October 2008- Increasing the political culture of the electorate and perspectives for new democracies were among the topics discussed at a meeting in Tashkent today...
OSCE Office urges Tajikistan to decriminalize defamation and libel laws
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organized a meeting starting today that called for the decriminalization and libel...
OSCE Mission head welcomes appointments of Citizens' Protector deputies in Serbia
Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the National Assembly's appointment of four Citizen Protectors' deputies...
OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Sweden by Turkmenistan lawmakers
Publishing date: 29 September 2008
ASHGABAD, 29 September 2008- Four members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) and a representative from the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights have completed a study visit to Sweden...
OSCE Mission organizes discussion on economic, social rights of internally displaced persons in Serbia
Publishing date: 19 September 2008
BELGRADE, 19 September 2008- Representatives of state institutions, local and international NGOs are discussing how to improve the access of internally displaced persons to education, healthcare, social welfare, employment and legal aid at a meeting...
OSCE meeting to discuss criminal justice reform in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 17 September 2008- Some 50 high-level criminal justice professionals and experts from across Central Asia will discuss the reform of the criminal justice systems in the countries of the region at a meeting that opened in Zerenda today...