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OSCE elections body opens a mission in Tashkent for Uzbek presidential election
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/TASHKENT, 10 December 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has opened a limited election observation mission for the presidential election in Uzbekistan on 23 December...
OSCE human rights body raises concern of attacks and restrictions on human rights defenders
Publishing date: 10 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 10 December 2007- A report by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on patterns of human rights violations against those defending such rights was launched in Vienna today on International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Centre in Astana presents best practices on combating land degradation and soil contamination
Publishing date: 8 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 8 December 2007- International instruments for combating land degradation and soil contamination in Kazakhstan are the focus of a workshop held today in Almaty with the support of the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Centre promotes gender equality in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, 7 December 2007- Effective legislation and implementation mechanisms on equal rights and opportunities for women and men were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Almaty today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports public hearing on Tajikistan's gender equality law
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 7 December 2007- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, in cooperation with the parliamentary committee on social, women and ecological issues, held a public hearing today to discuss the implementation of the Tajikistan's gender equality law...
OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes reopening of Imedi TV in Georgia
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 7 December 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed satisfaction with the Georgian authorities' willingness to enable television station Imedi to resume broadcasting...
OSCE Office marks the International Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 7 December 2007
YEREVAN, 7 December 2007- An art exhibition, the re-opening of a renovated law library and a human rights discussion are among the activities the OSCE Office in Yerevan is supporting to mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December...