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Immediate and resolute measures needed ahead of parliamentary vote in Kyrgyzstan, ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 27 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 27 July 2010- Immediate and resolute measures are needed to address shortcomings in Kyrgyzstan's electoral framework ahead of the parliamentary vote, says a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE human rights chief to visit Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 15 June 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, is travelling to Ashgabat today for talks on how ODIHR can assist the authorities in implementing the commitments...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting discusses enhancing policing activities, calls for better co-ordination
Publishing date: 21 May 2010
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 May 2010- Policing experts from the OSCE region discussed enhancing police-related activities and co-operating with international organizations to address transnational threats at the Annual Police Experts Meeting which ends in Vienna today...
OSCE and Venice Commission host roundtable meeting on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 13 May, 2010- High-level representatives of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and international experts are meeting today in Bishkek at a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
European human rights bodies call for decisive action against racism and xenophobia
Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, STRASBOURG, VIENNA, 19 March 2010- In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's...
OSCE Roma adviser welcomes European Court ruling against school segregation
Publishing date: 17 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 17 March 2010- The OSCE's Roma adviser, Andrzej Mirga, today welcomed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights against segregation of Roma children in elementary schools...
Post-election trials reveal shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, new OSCE/ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 8 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 8 March 2010- The conduct of the trials that took place in the aftermath of the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan reveals shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office...