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OSCE roundtable meeting on freedom of association in Central Asia opens in Bishkek
Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 21 October 2009. Government officials, parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek today to discuss ways to enhance freedom of association...
OSCE Special Representative, ODIHR Director stress importance of EU role in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA/WARSAW, 19 October 2009- OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet and ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic released a joint statement today underscoring the importance of the role of the European Union in combating human trafficking...
OSCE forum fosters debate on future of criminal justice systems in Central Asia
Publishing date: 15 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 15 October 2009- The fourth annual OSCE expert forum on criminal justice in Central Asia opened in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan today...
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...