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OSCE Mission sponsors Croatian police visit to Germany
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
ZAGREB, 1 October 2004- Five senior Croatian police officers will travel on Saturday to Germany for a one week visit to study methods of human resource management in a modern European police service. The visit is organized...
OSCE Mission to support second round of local election monitoring in Serbia this weekend
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
BELGRADE, 1 October 2004- The Belgrade-based non-governmental organization, the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID), will monitor the second round of municipal elections this Sunday with the financial support of the OSCE Mission to...
An exhibition of 14 young photographers to open in Warsaw on Monday
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 1 October 2004- A photo exhibition called "Europe in 2004: Democracy and Human Rights" will open in Warsaw on Monday, 4 October, in conjunction with the start of the OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights...
OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...
OSCE Belgrade mission holds training on international human rights laws
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
BELGRADE, 30 September 2004- A seminar on international human rights laws will be held from 1 to 3 October at Lake Palic. It will focus on UN special procedures and affirmative action measures in international law. Lawyers working with NGOs providing...
OSCE Moldova Mission offers training to young Roma leaders on fighting trafficking
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Roma and Sinti
CHISINAU, 30 September 2004- A workshop aimed at helping young Roma leaders to combat human trafficking started today in Chisinau. The 3-day event is among the first of its kind in Moldova. As part of the OSCE Mission's framework two-year project...
OSCE Moldova Mission trains judges, prosecutors in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 29 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
CHISINAU, 29 September 2004- The first of a series of six anti-trafficking training seminars for judges and prosecutors started today in Orhei, 50 kilometres north of the Moldovan capital. Investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases while...