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Second of three seminars in Georgia focused on human rights monitoring and reporting
Publishing date: 5 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 5 July 2002- The second of three training seminars on international human rights law and relevant monitoring techniques ended today in Georgia. Participants from eight different cities, among them representatives of 21 Georgian...
OSCE/ODIHR to deploy large-scale observation mission for upcoming Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 4 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 4 July 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will soon begin deploying a large-scale and long-term observation mission for the upcoming Macedonian parliamentary elections. This was...
Bosnia High Representative urges OSCE to take lead on education
Publishing date: 4 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- Lord Ashdown, High Representative and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, described the crisis in education as the biggest long-term threat to the country's security and stability on...
OSCE Chair welcomes Macedonian elections date
Publishing date: 4 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses its satisfaction at today's official announcement that elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will be held on September 15. With this announcement, the OSCE hopes...
New Yugoslav law on security services important step in improving democratic control over armed forces
Publishing date: 3 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 3 July 2002- The adoption of the Law on Security Services by the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) on 2 July is an important step forward in the process of establishing democratic control over the armed...
Human rights training for law enforcement bodies of Rasht Valley in Tajikistan completed
Publishing date: 2 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 2 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan and the Tajik Government have completed a series of training seminars on "Human Rights and Citizens' Rights during Arrest, Detention and Pre-trial Investigation" for law enforcement...
Deadline reached for party certification for Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 2 July 2002
PRISTINA, 2 July 2002- The four-week period for political party certification for Kosovo's forthcoming Municipal Elections ended on Monday, 1 July. By then, 58 applications from a wide cross-section of Kosovo's political society...