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Rights of female inmates in focus of OSCE Centre training course

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Gender equality
ASHGABAT, 11 June 2010- Prison officials and Interior Ministry representatives took part in a three-day OSCE course on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners, with a focus on the rights of female inmates, which concluded....

OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian local police on combating human trafficking

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
POLTAVA, Ukraine, 11 June 2010- The final in a series of eight training sessions for local police chief inspectors on combating human trafficking concluded in Poltava today...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine holds seminar for regional judiciary on handling administrative disputes

Publishing date: 10 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ODESSA, Ukraine 10 June 2010- A seminar organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (OSCE PCU) on the judicial review of administrative disputes, judicial ethics and conduct started in Odessa today...

Differences in advancing to democracy should not overshadow progress in human rights promotion, says OSCE Chairperson

Publishing date: 10 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
COPENHAGEN, 10 June 2010- Celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the most far-reaching international human rights agreements, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev...

OSCE media freedom representative, in speech at U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemns murders and imprisonment of journalists

Publishing date: 9 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2010 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on governments to denounce violence against journalists, to release imprisoned journalists and to better protect media freedom on the Internet in a speech delivered today at the U.S. Helsinki Commission...

OSCE media freedom representative, in speech at U.S. Helsinki Commission, condemns murders and imprisonment of journalists

Publishing date: 9 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on governments to denounce violence against journalists, to release imprisoned journalists and to better protect media freedom on the Internet...

OSCE Office organizes conference to promote women in local governance

Publishing date: 8 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
BAKU, 3 June 2010- The importance of increasing women’s participation political life is the main focus of a conference organized today by the OSCE Office in Baku together with local non-governmental organizations...