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OSCE, IOM train trainers on labour migration at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Publishing date: 29 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Education
BISHKEK, 29 September 2009- A seminar on labour migration organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek today...

OSCE holds expert meeting on building trust between police, Roma communities

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law
VIENNA, 28 September 2009- A police experts' workshop held today in Vienna looked at good practices that can help build trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities...

Annual OSCE human rights conference opens with calls for improved implementation of international standards

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 28 September 2009- The OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference, opened today with calls on governments to increase efforts to adhere to the commitments they have undertaken...

OSCE Centre holds seminar on human rights for police officers in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 28 September 2009- An OSCE-supported two-day seminar that aims to prevent inhuman treatment and interpersonal conflicts when people are in police custody started today in the village of Arslanbob in the Jalal-Abad province...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports conference that aims to strengthen Ombudsman Institution capacities to include anti-torture work

Publishing date: 25 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
5 September 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that started in Skopje today aims to begin a process to strengthen the Ombudsman Institution's capacity to deal with prevention of torture and inhuman treatment..

OSCE Special Representative welcomes Romanian efforts to combat human trafficking, urges further improvements

Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 23 September 2009- Eva Biaudet, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, welcomed today Romania's recent efforts to combat human trafficking but said that authorities must...

OSCE human rights office launches report on needs of judiciaries in handling war crimes cases in the Balkans

Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 23 September 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ICTY and UNICRI launched a joint report today analysing the needs of local judiciaries in dealing with war crimes committed in the Balkans in the 1990s...