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OSCE Office supports human rights conference in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2008- The establishment of a Tajik human rights ombudsman institution, the implementation of international obligations on human rights, access to justice and the reform of the country's Criminal Procedure Code were discussed at...

OSCE Mission to Skopje marks 10th anniversary of the Ombudsman Institution

Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 10 December 2008- Ambassador Natalya Drozd, Acting Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, commended the work of National Ombudsman Ixhet Memeti and his deputies today, on the institution's 10th anniversary...

OSCE Mission to Georgia organizes anti-terrorism training for regional agencies

Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
TBILISI, 10 December 2008- Law enforcement officials from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan took part in an OSCE-organized anti-terrorism training course that ends today in Tbilisi...

OSCE Minsk Office organizes film programme to mark Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 10 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights
MINSK, 10 December 2008- A week-long film programme "Dignity, Equality, Justness", organized by the OSCE Office, ended in Minsk today...

OSCE/ODIHR Director joins statement calling for better protection of rights defenders

Publishing date: 9 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 2008- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Janez Lenarcic, and four other high-level international human rights representatives issued a joint statement today...

OSCE Office, Armenia sign memorandum on opening four new Aarhus centres

Publishing date: 9 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 9 December 2008- Four public environmental information centres, known as Aarhus Centres, will open in Armenia's regions, according to a memorandum of understanding signed today...

Democracy possible only if human rights assured for all, says Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Publishing date: 9 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 9 December 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, issued the following statement today to mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December...