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OSCE's human rights office concerned about broadening of prosecutors' powers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 16 August 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed its concern about a new law broadening the powers of the Prosecutor's Office in Kazakhstan. The law was passed by Parliament...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office supports election assistance in Montenegro
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Elections
LISBON, 14 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today expressed his full support for the efforts of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, through its Office in Montenegro, as well as the technical experts...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo extends voter services period by one week
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
PRISTINA, 14 August 2002- People in Kosovo have now one more week to go an OSCE Voter Service Centre in order to verify and, if necessary, amend their voter registration details for the forthcoming municipal elections this fall...
First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo announces results of political party ballot lottery
Publishing date: 13 August 2002
PRISTINA, 13 August 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has held a lottery to determine the order in which political parties will appear on ballot papers in the province's second municipal elections, scheduled for 26 October...
OSCE Mission finds repeated elections in FRY were generally up to standard
Publishing date: 12 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 12 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) finds that the municipal elections in Bujanovac, partially repeated yesterday, and the run-off in the Presevo mayoral elections held on 11 August were generally...
OSCE/ODIHR presents assessment of Montenegrin electoral legislation
Publishing date: 9 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 9 August 2002- The OSCE Office in Montenegro today delivered to the Montenegrin Parliament and parliamentary party representatives an assessment by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the...