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OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations on amendments to legislation concerning national security
Publishing date: 22 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 22 April 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today presented comments on a draft law on national security issues in Kazakhstan. If adopted in its current form...
OSCE Mission in Serbia and Montenegro launches programme for journalists on environmental reporting
Publishing date: 22 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 22 April 2005- A workshop for journalists reporting on environmental issues, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, began today in Nis. During the three-day training course...
OSCE media representative says new French libel case shows EU countries should abolish criminal defamation
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 April 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today voiced his concern over a case launched in France by the Barclay brothers, the owners of the Daily Telegraph, against The Times of London...
OSCE Special Representative appeals to CIS representatives to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 21 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today urged the CIS Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs to join forces in combating human trafficking. "We need the political will to...
OSCE Mission calls for greater efforts to promote gender equality in Serbia
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
BELGRADE, 21 April 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today called for Serbia's institutions to make greater efforts to address the problem of gender discrimination. Speaking at a meeting...
OSCE Mission supports public awareness campaign of the Ombudsman in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
CETINJE, 21 April 2005- The Montenegrin Ombudsman, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today invited students of the Cetinje Arts Faculty to compete for the design of a new logo and slogan for the Ombudsman Institute of...
OSCE Skopje Mission offers legal training focusing on European human rights convention
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
SKOPJE, 21 April, 2005- A training course for lawyers on the European Convention on Human Rights will take place from 22 to 24 April in Ohrid. It is being organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje in co-operation with...