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Recent parliamentary elections bring Ukraine closer to international standards

Publishing date: 13 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 13 May 2002- The 31 March parliamentary elections brought Ukraine closer to meeting international commitments and standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM)...

OSCE/ODIHR welcomes abolishment of language requirements in Latvian election law

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues
WARSAW, 10 MAY 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's decision by the Latvian Parliament to abolish provisions in the election law requiring Latvian...

Seminar in Georgia focuses on human rights monitoring and reporting

Publishing date: 10 May 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, 10 May 2002- International human rights law and monitoring techniques will be the focus of a series of training seminars that started today in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The training seminars are initiated by the OSCE's...

OSCE support to World Roma Congress in Poland

Publishing date: 30 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
SARAJEVO, 30 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) wishes the participants of the 2nd Roma World Congress, which opens tomorrow, May 1, success in drafting and adopting constructive conclusions and...

Tajikistan urged to bring justice system into line with international norms

Publishing date: 23 April 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, 23 April 2002- Tajikistan was urged at a two-day international conference to bring its criminal justice system into line with international norms. The conference on "Criminal Justice: Correlation of National Norms and...

OSCE meeting on judicial systems and human rights opens in Warsaw

Publishing date: 23 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 23 April 2002- More than 150 government representatives and international experts from Europe, Central Asia and North America gathered in Warsaw today to discuss how the protection of human rights can be improved through judicial reform...

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission in Montenegro to monitor upcoming municipal elections

Publishing date: 22 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 22 April 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has deployed an Election Observation Mission to monitor the 15 May municipal elections in the Republic of Montenegro/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...