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OSCE Mission urges Kosovo courts to take swifter action in domestic violence cases
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 25 November 2009- The judicial system in Kosovo must do more to protect vulnerable individuals from violence and abuse, says an OSCE report on domestic violence cases that was presented today...
OSCE Centre supports conference on combating organized crime in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 25 November, 2009- An OSCE-supported international conference on co-ordinating the interaction between law-enforcement agencies to combat organized crime started in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports launch of pilot pollutant release and transfer register
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 25 November 2009- A pilot Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, created under the Aarhus Convention, was launched today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine presents interactive classroom for police cadets
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Policing
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, 25 November 2009- The first interactive classroom and specialized course on combating domestic violence for police cadets were presented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator at the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Interior today...
OSCE Office in Baku supports conference on domestic violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
BAKU, 25 November 2009- A conference on domestic violence organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the State Committee on Family, Women and Children's Affairs started today...
OSCE Office in Baku hosts workshop on establishing a National Preventive Mechanism in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BAKU, 25 November 2009- The OSCE Office in Baku opened a two-day workshop today to examine the implementation of the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports social inclusion of street children
Publishing date: 24 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 24 November 2009- A workshop supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje to promote the social inclusion of street children and their families started in Strumica today...