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OSCE Belgian Chairmanship, UNODC launch toolkit to help countries reform criminal justice systems
Publishing date: 4 December 2006
BRUSSELS, 4 December 2006- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE launched a new toolkit on Monday to help countries make their criminal justice systems more effective. The Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit is designed...
OSCE Mission and Bosnia and Herzegovina government work together to improve juvenile justice system
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 1 December 2006- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will commence its project in Sarajevo today to improve the response of the country's authorities to juvenile offenses in accordance with international standards on child protection...
OSCE Centre organizes human rights training for judges and prosecutors in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2006- Implementing international human rights law into the national legal system was the focus of a training course that ended in Ashgabad today. Organized by the OSCE Centre and...
Fighting corruption in education system vital for Azerbaijan's sustainable future, says OSCE Office
Publishing date: 29 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
BAKU, 29 November 2006- Ways of eliminating corruption in Azerbaijan's education system will be discussed at a two-day conference which opened in Baku today. Organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and...
OSCE Mission, Supreme Court organize regional conference to improve efficiency of courts in Serbia
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 15 November 2006- A two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the country's Supreme Court to review the implementation of the 2004 Civil Procedure Code of Serbia began in Belgrade today...
OSCE Office presents book on judicial systems to support Armenian judicial reforms
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
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, 15 November 2006- An OSCE-supported book describing the judicial systems of 33 Council of Europe countries was launched in Yerevan as part of a project that aims to raise awareness of the benefits of advanced legal systems...
OSCE Presence in Albania and National Judicial Conference organize judicial ethics seminars
Publishing date: 10 November 2006
TIRANA, 10 November 2006- A two-day seminar aimed at improving the standards of judicial ethics among Albanian judges ended today in the city of Durres...