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Bialiatski should be set free, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
DUBLIN, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, expressed regret today that prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski was not freed on appeal...
Judiciary still not fully independent, concludes report by OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 January 2012 – Despite improvements resulting from judicial reform in Kosovo, a number of challenges still affect independent functioning of the justice system, concludes the report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented today...
Intellectual property rights in the digital age- new approaches needed to guarantee freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for governments to reassess protection of intellectual property rights online, emphasizing the potential threat to individual freedoms posed by expanding legal rights and technological restrictions...
OSCE-supported study reveals need to expand vocational training opportunities for young offenders in Armenia
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 24 January 2012 – The results of a study on access to education and vocational training for juveniles in custody were presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to tackle child trafficking
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 24 January 2012 – Strengthening regional co-operation and dialogue for an effective response to human and child trafficking is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional workshop that started in Skopje today...
OSCE holds a workshop for customs and licensing authorities with Mediterranean Partners on military and dual-use goods
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Border management
A regional workshop organized by the OSCE to help combat the trafficking of strategic dual-use commodities and conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, started in Valletta, Malta on 24 January 2012...
OSCE Secretary General visits OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, stresses importance of parliamentary engagement
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Spencer Oliver, on 24 January 2012 in Copenhagen. The two discussed prospects for closer co-operation between the Assembly and the OSCE's executive structures, notably in enhancing the OSCE’s efforts to prevent and respond to emerging crisis situations...