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Top OSCE official calls crackdown on human rights defenders 'dangerous development'
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- OSCE participating States should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded today...
OSCE Office in Yerevan assists Armenia in improving cyber security
Publishing date: 10 July 2007
YEREVAN, 10 July, 2007- The OSCE Office in Yerevan handed over today the Armenian translation of the International Standard "Code of Practice for Information Security Management" (ISO 17799) to the National Institute of Standardization.
OSCE Centre trains members of Tajik Parliament to create and improve gender laws
Publishing date: 5 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
KHOJA OBI GARM, Tajikistan, 5 July 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among members of the Tajik Parliament was the aim of a five-day OSCE-supported training course in the mountainous health resort of Khoja Obi Garm in central Tajikistan.
OSCE-supported report recommends revision of state migration strategy and legislation
Publishing date: 3 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 3 July 2007- The findings of an OSCE Office in Yerevan-supported study on migration legislation and administration in Armenia were discussed at a meeting today attended by experts from key Government and international institutions...
OSCE Office in Yerevan trains law enforcement personnel on democratic management
Publishing date: 30 June 2007
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 30 June, 2007- Democratic governance of the security sector is the focus of an OSCE-supported training course for representatives of the police, the Ministry of Justice, the National Assembly, NGOs, and journalists.
OSCE Presence in Albania launches database on land restitution and compensation claims
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Rule of law
TIRANA, 27 June 2007- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Property Restitution and Compensation Agency (PRCA) today launched a database of all restitution and compensation claims on immovable property submitted in the last 13 years...
Albania and international organizations promote personal data protection
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
TIRANA, 27 June 2007- The Council of Europe (CoE) in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Justice Ministry organized today a conference on privacy and personal data protection...