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OSCE Centre raises awareness on fair trials in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 31 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 31 May 2005- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today launched a project aimed at training professionals on trial monitoring techniques to improve the transparency and fairness of trials in Tajikistan. "This programme has the potential to become...

OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro supports implementation of law on free access to information

Publishing date: 27 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 27 May 2005- The law on free access to information and the rights of citizens to seek and receive information, as well as the obligations of the State in this respect, were the focus of a meeting that ended in Vrsac on 25 May...

Acting Kyrgyz President Bakiev to address OSCE Permanent Council on Monday with OSCE Chairman

Publishing date: 25 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Democratization, Rule of law
VIENNA, 25 May 2005- Kyrgyzstan's Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiev will address a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Monday, 30 May, with the OSCE Chairman, Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Issues including the...

OSCE Chairman, ICTY Head welcome Permanent Council decision on intensified co-operation

Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Rule of law
VIENNA, 19 May 2005- A meeting of the Permanent Council, addressed by the Chief Prosecutor of the ICTY, Carla Del Ponte, agreed today to commence co-operation on monitoring war crimes trials. The decision was welcomed by the Chairman of the OSCE...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes conference on gender equality and law enforcement

Publishing date: 18 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
EVPATORIA, UKRAINE, 18 May 2005- Promoting gender equality in law enforcement activities and raising awareness of gender-related issues is the focus of a three-day conference which opened today in the Ukrainian coastal town of Evpatoria...

OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbek authorities to resolve current situation with dialogue instead of force

Publishing date: 15 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
LJUBLJANA, 15 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel expressed his deep concern about recent events in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan, where government forces are reported to have opened fire, killing many demonstrators. Violence...

Head of OSCE Centre in Uzbekistan offers assistance in resolving current unrest

Publishing date: 14 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 14 May 2005- Expressing serious concern about the latest developments in eastern Uzbekistan, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, reiterated today that the OSCE was ready to assist in any way it could...