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Need for strong fair trial guarantees stressed at OSCE meeting on Armenia's new criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 19 November 2010- Armenia's new criminal procedure code should include strong fair trial guarantees, officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Office in Yerevan said today at a meeting...
ICTY delivers transcripts in local languages to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia under OSCE/ODIHR-led War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 12 November 2010- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will deliver a first set of trial transcripts produced in local languages to the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina today as part of an OSCE...
Fair trial standards in case of prominent human rights defender in Kyrgyzstan crucial, ODIHR director says
Publishing date: 11 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 11 November 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today encouraged Kyrgyzstan's authorities to ensure full compliance with fair trial standards...
ICTY delivers transcripts in local languages to Serbia under OSCE/ODIHR-led War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 4 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 4 November 2010- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will deliver a first set of trial transcripts produced in local languages to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor tomorrow as part of a project...
Experts discuss ways to strengthen independence of Moldova's judiciary at meeting organized by OSCE
Publishing date: 27 October 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Rule of law
CHISINAU, 27 October 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Moldova's judiciary is the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
OSCE/ODIHR launches major project to support domestic war crimes trials in the former Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 28 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 28 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today officially launched a major regional project aimed at strengthening the capacity of judiciaries to handle war crimes cases...
OSCE/ODIHR to advise on Afghan elections
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 14 September 2010- A team of election experts sent by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) formally began its work in Kabul today...