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OSCE/ODIHR launches book on human rights education for schools
Publishing date: 2 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 2 October 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and several partner organizations launched a resource book today on human rights education for primary and secondary schools...
Annual OSCE human rights conference opens with calls for improved implementation of international standards
Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 28 September 2009- The OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference, opened today with calls on governments to increase efforts to adhere to the commitments they have undertaken...
OSCE holds workshop on legislative process in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
ASHGABAT, 23 September 2009- An OSCE-supported workshop aimed at providing lawmakers in Turkmenistan with tools for an effective legal reform process started in Ashgabat today...
OSCE human rights office launches report on needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans
Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 23 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ICTY and UNICRI launched a joint report today analysing the needs of local judiciaries in dealing with war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s...
European Parliament elections process showed need for further harmonization, OSCE/ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 22 September 2009- The conduct of the June elections to the European Parliament underlined the need for further harmonization and improvement, found a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Senior OSCE official visits Kazakh rights defender in detention, stresses importance of fair appeals process
Publishing date: 19 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 19 September 2009- Following a meeting today with Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis, Douglas Wake of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stressed the importance of fair trial standards in Zhovtis' appeal...
OSCE/ODIHR to assess elections in Germany and Portugal
Publishing date: 14 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 14 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened election assessment missions for the parliamentary elections to be held in Germany and in Portugal on 27 September...