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OSCE's human rights office facilitates discussion on international trends and local perspectives in criminal justice in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Rule of law
ALMATY, 7 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed 25 criminal justice practitioners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to a week-long Summer School...
OSCE supports public monitoring of pre-trial detention centres in Armenia
Publishing date: 7 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 7 August 2006- Human rights NGOs today began monitoring the conditions in pre-trial detention centres as part of a project supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Chairman deeply concerned at Belarusian court verdict against would-be election monitors
Publishing date: 4 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
BRUSSELS, 4 August 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today voiced deep concern at guilty verdicts and subsequent prison sentences handed to four Belarusians...
OSCE experts assess Tajikistan's border security and management needs
Publishing date: 1 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 August 2006- Experts from the OSCE's Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) today completed a visit to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to assess how the Organization can assist Tajikistan in improving its border security and management...
OSCE media representative's office ends Ukrainian series of seminars aiming to improve governmental reporting
Publishing date: 28 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
ODESA, 28 July 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today addressed press secretaries and journalists participating in a two-day training seminar aiming to improve reporting on governmental issues...
OSCE Centre helps train Tajik civil servants to implement gender equality policies
Publishing date: 28 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
KHOROG, 28 July 2006- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among civil servants and providing them with gender analysis tools for their everyday work were the aims of a five-day OSCE-supported training course which ended in Khorog today...
OSCE Office in Baku programme gets clear picture of Azerbaijan's public television
Publishing date: 28 July 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 28 July 2006- The first part of an OSCE Office programme to help improve Azerbaijan's Public Television (PTV), concluded today with the completion of a study to assess the broadcaster's needs...