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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports further reform of criminal legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2007
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
SHUCHINSK, Kazakhstan, 15 June 2007- The state of the Kazakh criminal legislation and ways to improve it was the focus of a conference that ends here today...
Kosovo needs functioning legal aid system, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
PRISTINA, 8 June 2007- Kosovo does not have a functioning legal aid system for civil cases, posing challenges to free and effective legal representation, concludes a new report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
OSCE Chairman welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir
Publishing date: 2 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
MADRID, 2 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today he welcomed the arrest of war crimes indictee Zdravko Tolimir yesterday on the Bosnian-Serbian border.
OSCE Mission, Serbian Interior Ministry to host regional conference on combating organized crime
Publishing date: 23 May 2007
BELGRADE, 23 May 2007- Enhancing regional co-operation and developing concrete measures to fight trans-national organized crime in the Western Balkans is the aim of a regional conference that opens in Belgrade tomorrow.
ODIHR Director offers co-operation with Turkmenistan on elections, rule of law and human rights
Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 22 May 2007- Amb. Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, expressed hope today that Turkmenistan authorities would be ready to co-operate on election issues, rule of law and human rights...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan to hold training course on human rights and rule of law
Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 22 May 2007- United Nations and OSCE standards in the field of human rights and rule of law will be the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan from 22 to 27 May in the Tashkent region...
Implementation of minority employment of utmost importance, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 21 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Rule of law
ZAGREB, 21 May 2007- The implementation of the minority recruitment goals set out in the Croatian Government's 2007 Employment Plan is of utmost importance, Jorge Fuentes, Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, said at a roundtable held in Parliament.