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OSCE Presence report calls for improving Albanian criminal appellate courts
Publishing date: 11 January 2008
TIRANA, 11 January 2008- Albanian criminal appellate courts need further improvement to better comply with fair trial standards and the rule of law, says a report published this week by the OSCE Presence...
OSCE Mission presents publications to support judicial reform and legislative process in Georgia
Publishing date: 19 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TBILISI, 19 December 2007.- The OSCE Mission to Georgia is supporting judicial reform and the legislative process in the country with two new publications aimed at legal professionals. A two-volume work on the constitutions of foreign countries was...
OSCE Mission, Serbian Justice Ministry sign partnership agreement
Publishing date: 18 December 2007
BELGRADE, 18 December 2007- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and Serbian Justice Minister, Dusan Petrovic, signed a new partnership agreement today...
OSCE Mission organizes study visit for Serbian officials to the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Publishing date: 14 December 2007
BELGRADE, 14 December 2007- Senior officials from Serbia's judicial institutions for war crimes and Serbian journalists took part in an OSCE-organized study visit to Sierra Leone's Special Court and Truth and Reconciliation Commission this week...
OSCE supports interagency co-operation to fight transnational organized crime
Publishing date: 12 December 2007
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Enhancing co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in organized crime investigations is the focus of an expert meeting that began in Vienna today. More than 50 experts will participate in the meeting...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training course on suspects' rights
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2007- International human rights standards related to the treatment of the accused, from arrest to trial, were the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with...
Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...