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OSCE Centre promotes discussion on independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2006
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2006- Independence of the judiciary in Tajikistan and compliance with international standards and OSCE commitments were the focus of today's meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the National Association of...
OSCE holds training course on combating sexual violence in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 4 May 2006- Preventing and prosecuting sexual crimes was the focus of a training course for Armenian prosecutors and investigators that ended today in Yerevan. The two-day event was organized by the OSCE Office...
OSCE Mission condemns property rights-related violence
Publishing date: 3 May 2006
PRISTINA, 3 May 2006- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Jens Modvig, today strongly condemned recent violent incidents linked to property disputes...
OSCE Chairman condemns today's jailing of Belarusian opposition leader Milinkevich and calls for his immediate release
Publishing date: 27 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
SOFIA, 27 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed deep concern about the imprisonment of Belarus's main opposition leader, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, and other activists in Minsk today...
OSCE/ODIHR report on Uzbekistan trials calls for verdicts on 15 Andijan defendants to be set aside
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
WARSAW, 23 April 2006- In a report released today, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, raises concerns regarding violations of the right to a fair trial in Uzbekistan. The report is based on monitoring of the trials...
OSCE Chairman in Office Karel De Gucht on constitutional amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 April 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht welcomed the adoption of the constitutional amendments by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives and urged the plenary session of both houses to...
OSCE Missions help discuss inter-State co-operation in war crimes proceedings before domestic courts
Publishing date: 11 April 2006
BELGRADE, 11 April 2006- Representatives of the judiciary and relevant ministries from Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed co-operation in investigating and adjudicating war crimes at a meeting that ended today in...