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Roundtable talks on resolving electoral disputes held in Bishkek
Publishing date: 30 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
The effective resolution of electoral disputes in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion held in Bishkek by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and other partners, on 29 May 2012...
Addressing the past is vital for prevention of future conflict, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kosovo between 21 and 24 May 2012 to assess the security situation in the north and to discuss language and education challenges, among other issues...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Russian journalist, welcomes police investigation
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Russian radio journalist Sergei Aslanyan and called upon authorities to swiftly identify the perpetrators...
OSCE Centre in Astana helps to enhance water co-operation
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 29 May 2012 – Sixty policy and decision makers, legal and technical experts, and academia and non-governmental organizations representatives from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia are taking part in a workshop on groundwater management which started today in Almaty...
OSCE Special Representative, on follow-up visit to UK, calls for monitoring human rights impact of anti-trafficking and migration policy
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Migration
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized the protection of human rights of trafficked persons at an event on 28 May 2012 in London jointly organized with the UK Home Office, and with the participation of Damian Green, UK Minister of State for Immigration...
OSCE supports discussion on countering terrorist radicalization
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
An OSCE-supported seminar on countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism took place in Bishkek on 28 and 29 May 2012...
Revised Hungarian media legislation continues to severely limit media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 25 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today said that the new Hungarian media legislation can still curb media pluralism and put the media at the risk of political control...