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Belgian OSCE Chairmanship stresses importance of prosecuting offenders and justice for victims of human trafficking for forced labour
Publishing date: 16 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 16 November 2006- The Belgian Secretary of State for European Affairs, Didier Donfut, called, on behalf of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht, for a comprehensive and pro-active strategy for fighting trafficking in human beings...
OSCE Office helps organize discussion on tolerance in Armenia
Publishing date: 16 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 16 November 2006- Ways of promoting tolerance were discussed at an international conference in Yerevan today
Skopje IT conference supported by OSCE Mission, Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 15 November 2006- The second international conference on Information Technology, supported by the OSCE's Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Representative on Freedom of the Media, opened in Skopje today. Organized by...
OSCE Presence trains Albanian criminal justice professionals
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 15 November 2006- The OSCE Presence in Albania organized a series of seminars in Tirana and Vlora for more than 60 criminal justice professionals on the European Court of Human Rights cases on the deprivation of liberty...
OSCE Mission, Supreme Court organize regional conference to improve efficiency of courts in Serbia
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 15 November 2006- A two-day meeting organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the country's Supreme Court to review the implementation of the 2004 Civil Procedure Code of Serbia began in Belgrade today...
OSCE Centre supports development of local self-government in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 15 November 2006- The development of local self-government in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-organized conference today in Almaty. "Local government brings...
OSCE Office presents book on judicial systems to support Armenian judicial reforms
Publishing date: 15 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 15 November 2006- An OSCE-supported book describing the judicial systems of 33 Council of Europe countries was launched in Yerevan as part of a project that aims to raise awareness of the benefits of advanced legal systems...