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OSCE Presence in Albania and ODIHR urge implementation of election recommendations
Publishing date: 27 February 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 27 February 2002- Two election experts from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Tirana from 18 to 26 February to support the OSCE Presence there in its efforts to follow-up on recommendations...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 26 February 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission in Ukraine to monitor the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 31 March...
OSCE Conference on freedom of belief calls for tolerance
Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 18 February 2002-- An OSCE conference on freedom of belief and expression in Central Asia has stressed the need for greater tolerance, and called for respect for human rights in the campaign against terrorism...
OSCE and Tajik Government organizes human rights and torture prevention training seminars
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
KHUJAND, 5 February 2002- Between 25 January and 2 February, the OSCE and the Tajik Government organized a series of eight human rights training seminars for some 240 members of prison and detention centre staff in the Sughd province...
OSCE's human rights office concerned about detention of Kyrgyz parliamentarian
Publishing date: 30 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 30 January 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the continued detention of Azimbek Beknazarov, Chairman of the Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs of the Kyrgyz...
Round table submits proposals to amend Kazakh election law
Publishing date: 29 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
ASTANA, 29 January 2002- The fourth round table on elections submitted today to the Parliament of Kazakhstan a comprehensive package of proposals to amend the country's election law...
Action against terrorism must not undermine human rights
Publishing date: 29 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
GENEVA/STRASBOURG/WARSAW, 29 November 2001- In an unprecedented move, the heads of three leading inter-governmental human rights bodies today jointly cautioned governments that measures to eradicate terrorism must not lead to excessive curbs...