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Property rights focus of training course supported by OSCE Office in Yerevan
Publishing date: 30 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 30 October 2009- Some 35 representatives of state and civil society organizations, lawyers, judges, international and local experts discussed how the right to property is applied in Armenia and international standards for such rights...
OSCE Office in Yerevan promotes better access to government information through freedom of information legislation reform
Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 28 October 2009- An OSCE-supported public event focusing on a package of draft amendments to Armenia's legislation on freedom of information was held in Yerevan today.
Further reforms needed in Armenian penitentiaries, OSCE-supported report says
Publishing date: 8 September 2009
YEREVAN, 8 September 2009- Efforts to bring Armenian penitentiaries and detention centres into line with international human rights standards are progressing, but further improvement is needed, according to an OSCE-supported report released today...
OSCE Office organizes anti-corruption training for high school students in Armenia's Syunik region
Publishing date: 21 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
GORIS, Armenia, 22 August 2009- Some 280 students from 21 high schools in Armenia's Syunik region took part in anti-corruption courses during an OSCE-supported summer camp that concluded today in Goris...
OSCE-supported police outreach stations open in pilot community policing district in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 19 June 2009- Two community police outreach stations opened today in Yerevan as part a joint project by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Police to introduce community policing in the pilot Arabkir police district in Yerevan...
OSCE organizes workshop on international standards on sanctioning investigative measures for Armenian judges
Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 9 June 2009- A two-day training workshop that supported Armenian judges' efforts to adhere to European standards when they sanction operative and investigative measures ended today in Yerevan...
Armenian Ombudsman presents OSCE-supported report on disciplinary policy in the army
Publishing date: 27 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 27 May 2009- A report on human rights protection and disciplinary policy in the armed forces of Armenia prepared by experts from the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Human Rights Defender's Office was presented today...