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OSCE Office supports discussions on difficulties preventing domestic violence in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Some 30 representatives from government agencies and civil society organizations discussed what hinders efforts to prevent domestic violence in Azerbaijan at an event organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Labour and Population Social Protection Ministry...
OSCE Office announces results of contest on reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 21 October 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku has announced today the results of the contest for media reports highlighting the problems of human trafficking and forced labour in Azerbaijan...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on investigative reporting skills
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
As part of its investigative reporting skills training project for Azerbaijani journalists, the OSCE Office in Baku organized the third training course for journalists focusing on human trafficking and forced labour cases from 26 to 27 September 2013, in Guba city, north of Azerbaijan...
Extractive industries transparency in Azerbaijan theme of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Good governance
BAKU, 24 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported meeting focusing on Azerbaijan’s compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a mechanism for disclosing oil and gas industry earnings to improve the transparency and accountability of public finance management, took place in Baku today...
OSCE trains police officers in Baku on domestic violence
Publishing date: 29 August 2013
The OSCE Office in Baku, in close co-operation with Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry, concluded on 27 August 2013 training cources for police officers...
OSCE Office in Baku holds sessions on non-interference in election processes
Publishing date: 23 August 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BAKU, 23 August 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku, in co-operation with the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Azerbaijan, held today in Baku the first in a series of sessions on the importance of non-interference in election processes in the run-up to the Presidential elections on 9 October 2013...
OSCE holds seminar in Azerbaijan on legislation for prevention of domestic violence
Publishing date: 22 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
On 20 July 2013, some 20 government and civil society representatives took part in a seminar in Nakhchivan, an autonomous republic in Azerbaijan, on the country’s legislation regulating the prevention of domestic violence...