News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
BISHKEK, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...
OSCE's human rights cinema week in Tajikistan becomes regular event
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
DUSHANBE, 15 October 2002- Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together for five days of film screenings in the Tajik capital. The second Cinema Week on Human Rights, organized by the OSCE Mission...
Ballots for municipal elections arrive today in Kosovo
Publishing date: 15 October 2002
PRISTINA, 15 October 2002- Over two million ballots arrive today in Kosovo for the 26 October Municipal Elections. The ballots, which were printed in the United Kingdom, are being brought to Kosovo on an aircraft chartered by...
International observers call for urgent improvement of Serbia's election laws before repeat vote
Publishing date: 14 October 2002
BELGRADE, 14 October 2002- The international observation mission for the presidential elections in Serbia today urged the parliament to improve the Republic's electoral legislation ahead of the repeat vote which has become necessary...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for early repetition of Serbian presidential elections
Publishing date: 14 October 2002
LISBON, 14 October 2002- Although praising the orderly manner in which the presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia were conducted, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) regretted that the turnout requirements were not...
OSCE commends Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on penal systems reform
Publishing date: 14 October 2002
DUSHANBE, 14 October 2002- OSCE experts have commended Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for deciding to transfer their prison systems from their respective Ministries of Interior to their Justice Ministries. "This decisive step will give both...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulated authorities in Sarajevo for successful elections
Publishing date: 12 October 2002
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2002- The successful handover of elections to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE's new role in education in the country were among the issues the OSCE Chairman-in Office (CiO)...
First roundtable on reform of Azerbaijani election law to take place in December
Publishing date: 11 October 2002
BAKU, 11 October 2002- The OSCE/ODIHR today announced that the public consultation process on reforming the country's election legislation will begin with a roundtable in the first half of December 2002...
OSCE launches photo competition in FRY on "fairness"
Publishing date: 11 October 2002
BELGRADE, 11 October 2002- Tomorrow, the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is launching a photo competition for all interested FRY nationals. An announcement will be made through advertisements in all the main...
Two LKCK candidates removed from electoral lists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 11 October 2002
PRISTINA, 11 October 2002- A breach of the electoral Code of Conduct has been committed by the National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (LKCK). For this reason, the Election Complaints and Appeals sub-Commission...