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OSCE joins 16 Days of Activism campaign, calls for immediate action to eliminate violence against women and girls
Publishing date: 25 November 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Gender equality
SKOPJE/VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 November 2023- Launching the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, OSCE leaders called on participating States to step up their efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls, end impunity and support survivors.
ODIHR Director visit to Asia focuses on strengthening human rights and increased collaboration
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
As part of ongoing efforts by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to strengthen democratic institutions and respect for human rights in the OSCE region, ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci visited Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia on 7-17 November 2023. This began
Gender aspects of border and security management in focus of OSCE regional workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
An OSCE-organized regional workshop on gender mainstreaming in border management, held in a blended format, took place on 23 and 24 November 2023 in Ashgabat. The workshop brought together, online and in-person, officials from the five Central Asian countries’ border security and management agencies.
ODIHR experts present reports on recent early elections and referendum and discuss recommendations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final reports on Kazakhstan’s 2023 early parliamentary elections, 2022 early presidential election and 2022 referendum during a visit to Astana and Almaty that took place from 20 to 24 November
Prevention and fight against femicide in focus of OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
On 24 November, OSCE participating States met in Vienna at an event hosted by the Secretary General to seek an end to the scourge of femicide and to develop a roadmap to end the killing of women, merely for being women.
Criminal intelligence analysis: OSCE and INTERPOL join forces to support Kyrgyz police officers
Publishing date: 24 November 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
From 20 to 24 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and INTERPOL in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic, conducted a training course on criminal intelligence analysis for Kyrgyz police officers.
OSCE concludes its second training course on operational planning for Tajik Border Troops
Publishing date: 24 November 2023