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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
OSCE presents report on fair trials in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 29 November 2007- An OSCE trial monitoring report released today in Kyrgyzstan identifies the public's right to attend trials, investigation of defendants' allegations of torture and the presumption of innocence among steps needed for fair...
OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...
15th anniversary of Uzbekistan's Constitution focus of conference supported by OSCE Project Co-ordinator
Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 28 November 2007- The fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of Uzbekistan's Constitution and its role in ensuring human rights was the topic of an OSCE Project Co-ordinator-supported conference held yesterday in Samarkand city...
OSCE promotes more effective fight against crime with guide to conducting investigations
Publishing date: 21 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 21 November 2007- As part of ongoing human dimension activities, the new Russian-language version of an OSCE-wide guide on conducting criminal investigations was presented today...
OSCE Chairman welcomes end to state of emergency in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
MADRID, 16 November 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the decision by Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili to lift the state of emergency.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training course on protecting human rights in anti-terrorism efforts
Publishing date: 14 November 2007
ASHGABAD, 14 November 2007- Applying international human rights principles in the fight against terrorism was the focus of a seminar for public servants in Turkmenistan organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad...