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OSCE human rights office provides start-up funding for new Kyrgyz Ombudsman
Publishing date: 17 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 17 December 2002- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has provided quick start-up funding for the newly established Kyrgyz Ombudsman to enable his office to assume work soon. The new...
International Human Rights Day focuses on rule of law
Publishing date: 10 December 2002
BISHKEK, 10 December 2002- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is today commemorating International Human Rights Day. 10 December 1948 marks the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration...
OSCE PA delegation participates in seminar on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 6 December 2002- The ongoing public discussion on imminent changes of Kyrgyzstan's constitution was the background of a one-day seminar held in the country's capital, Bishkek, on 3 December. A delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation pays four-day visit to Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 4 December 2002- A delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), headed by the Finnish MP, Paula Kokkonen, is currently paying a visit to Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek to meet the country's president...
Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...
OSCE commends Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on penal systems reform
Publishing date: 14 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 14 October 2002- OSCE experts have commended Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for deciding to transfer their prison systems from their respective Ministries of Interior to their Justice Ministries. "This decisive step will give both...
OSCE human rights office welcomes dialogue with opposition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 28 May 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's meeting between the President and representatives of the opposition as a step towards stabilizing the political situation in Kyrgyzstan.