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Judicial independence and access to justice remain challenge in OSCE region, participants at Warsaw meeting say
Publishing date: 16 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 17 May 2010- Guaranteeing judicial independence and public access to justice remain a significant challenge in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of an OSCE meeting on these topics...
OSCE and Venice Commission host roundtable meeting on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 13 May, 2010- High-level representatives of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and international experts are meeting today in Bishkek at a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Gender equality focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 May 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
ODIHR and the OSCE’s Kazakh Chairmanship hosted a two-day Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna on 6-7 May.
OSCE meeting on gender equality begins with calls for more action on increasing women's participation in public life
Publishing date: 6 May 2010
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 6 May 2010- A special OSCE meeting on gender equality got underway today with participants calling for increased action by participating States to promote the participation of women in political and public life...
Recommendations for improving law-making process presented at OSCE-led meeting in Skopje
Publishing date: 4 May 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Rule of law
SKOPJE, 4 May 2010- A set of recommendations on how to make the process of drafting and adopting legislation more transparent and efficient were presented at an OSCE-organized conference in Skopje today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens assessment mission for UK elections
Publishing date: 26 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 April 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the general elections to be held in the United Kingdom on 6 May...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe municipal elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TBILISI, 16 April 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission for the Georgian municipal elections scheduled for 30 May 2010...