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OSCE organizes lectures on human rights in criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2011 – A series of lectures on international human rights standards and their applicability in the administration of criminal justice organized by the OSCE for 30 students of the S.A Niyazov Police Institute concludes in Ashgabat tomorrow...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Moldova to release Russian writer and journalist blogger
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 30 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon Moldovan authorities to release Eduard Bagirov, a writer and journalist blogger, who has been held in pre-trial detention since mid-June...
OSCE supports workshop in Kazakhstan on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Ways to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Central Asian region was discussed at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on 27-29 September in Astana...
OSCE human rights conference examines ways to promote freedom of movement
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
Freedom of movement was the focus of a special day during the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 29 September, as participants examined ways to help states deliver on their commitments in this area...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training on security of public gatherings
Publishing date: 30 September 2011
SKOPJE, 30 September 2011- An OSCE-supported specialized training session for police officers on handling armed offenders in a crowd concluded in Skopje today...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
WARSAW, 29 September 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today...
Violent anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria show urgent need to combat extremism, OSCE human rights chief says
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 September 2011 – Violent anti-Roma protests that have taken place across Bulgaria over the past days underline the urgency of combating racially-motivated extremism and making progress with the integration of Europe’s Roma populations, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said...