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OSCE Mission, European Commission Delegation, Council of Europe's Office express regret that the 2009 Belgrade Pride Parade has been cancelled

Publishing date: 21 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 21 September 2009- The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the European Commission Delegation and the Council of Europe's Office issued the following statement today:

OSCE Office organizes training course on monitoring right to health in Armenian detention facilities

Publishing date: 21 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 21 September 2009- An OSCE Office-supported training course on the right to health and international standards in Armenia's detention facilities ended in Tsakhkadzor today...

Senior OSCE official visits Kazakh rights defender in detention, stresses importance of fair appeals process

Publishing date: 19 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
ALMATY, 19 September 2009- Following a meeting today with Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis, Douglas Wake of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights stressed the importance of fair trial standards in Zhovtis' appeal...

OSCE Mission, UN in Serbia welcome co-operation between civil society, Serbian authorities in organizing 2009 Pride March

Publishing date: 18 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights
BELGRADE, 18 September 2009- Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Tom Moore and UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia William Infante welcomed today the co-operation between civil society and the Serbian authorities for the Pride March on Sunday...

OSCE human rights office, Uzbek authorities agree to intensify co-operation

Publishing date: 8 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
TASHKENT, 8 September 2009- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and representatives of the Uzbek authorities agreed today to intensify co-operation...

OSCE Centre trains prison officers in Kyrgyzstan's northern provinces

Publishing date: 7 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 7 September 2009- A basic training course for middle-ranking prison officers from Kyrgyzstan's northern regions, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today at the pre-trial prison in Karakol...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan to hold workshops on the newly-formed Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2009- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, with local law firm Tajik Juridical Consortium, has organized workshops on using and assisting the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, the first of which will take place in Khujand tomorrow...