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ODIHR launches project on monitoring freedom of assembly in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 October 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
CHISINAU, 19 October 2007- A five-day training course for human rights defenders, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ended in Chisinau today...
Conviction of assassinated journalist's son for "insulting Turkish identity" more proof Article 301 must be abolished, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 18 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 18 October 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urgently repeal Article 301 of Turkey's Penal Code, which makes it an offence to "insult Turkish identity" and which...
OSCE Centre supports judicial reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 October 2007
ASTANA, 18 October 2007- Improving criminal procedure and penitentiary legislation in Kazakhstan is the focus of an OSCE Centre conference that opened today in Astana...
Co-operation to avert environmental threats focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 17 October 2007
VIENNA, 17 October 2007- Environmental hazards can wreak havoc on communities and spark cross-border conflict. The OSCE's concerted and co-operative action to counter these security threats is featured in the latest issue of the OSCE Magazine...
International experts and OSCE delegations discuss 6 August missile incident in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 17 October 2007- OSCE participating States and experts met in Vienna today to discuss the 6 August missile incident in Georgia, the first time the different experts who examined the incident had been brought together to discuss their findings...
OSCE conference to focus on helping governments combat sexual exploitation of children
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Prevention, protection of victims and co-ordination of efforts to tackle commercial sexual exploitation of children is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that starts Thursday in Vienna...
Netherlands' Robert Bosch new Head of OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 16 October 2007- Robert Bosch from the Netherlands has been appointed the new Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania. He will take office on 25 October...