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Experts and officials review draft legislation on registration of individuals
Publishing date: 24 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 24 October 2000-- From 23 to 24 October 2000 the OSCE/ODIHR, the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine held a joint seminar in Kyiv on \"Protection of personal data in the state registers in Ukraine\"...
Key Roma organizations reach breakthrough agreement at Warsaw meeting
Publishing date: 24 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 24 October 2000-- Europe\'s leading Roma organizations achieved a breakthrough agreement on a common approach towards the highly controversial issue of Roma migration from Central and Eastern Europe...
OSCE/ODIHR concerned about breaches of commitments for democratic elections
Publishing date: 19 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 18 October 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) expressed concern about breaches of OSCE commitments for democratic elections...
Serbian judges call for international support in reforming judicial system
Publishing date: 18 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 18 October 2000-- A delegation of Serbian judges expressed the urgent need for international assistance with the reform of the judicial system in Serbia...
Meeting on property issues in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 17 October, 2000-- On 16 and 17 October the OSCE Mission to Croatia hosted a meeting of property experts from OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe...
Apparent manipulation of some international observers in Belarus
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 17 October 2000-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) cannot be associated with the conclusions of some international observers who appear to have been manipulated...
Largest all-European human rights conference opens
Publishing date: 17 October 2000
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 17 October 2000- Government representatives from 54 OSCE participating States, human rights experts, and more than 150 international and non-governmental organizations gathered today in Warsaw...