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On International Human Rights Day, OSCE/ODIHR Director condemns violence against peaceful protesters

Publishing date: 10 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 December 2013 – Violence against peaceful protesters cannot be justified in any circumstance, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly must be safeguarded, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of International Human Rights Day...

New report on implementation of law on peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan presented at OSCE event

Publishing date: 28 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 28 November 2013- The current state of freedom of assembly in Kyrgyzstan was discussed today in Bishkek at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting that also featured a presentation of a new monitoring report on the implementation of the 2012 law on peaceful assemblies in Kyrgyzstan...

ODIHR trains lawyers and civil society representatives from South Caucasus on trial-monitoring techniques

Publishing date: 26 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House...

OSCE/ODIHR Director says Belarusian human rights defender should be released

Publishing date: 25 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 25 November 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today reminded the Belarusian authorities of previous calls by OSCE Chairpersons-in-Office for the release of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, who was found guilty on tax-evasion charges in 2011, and added his voice to theirs, calling Bialiatski’s case a violation of OSCE commitments...

OSCE Centre helps judges better handle human trafficking cases

Publishing date: 21 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
The last in a series of eight OSCE-supported training seminars for judges on good practices in handling human trafficking cases took place on 21 November 2013 in Astana. The seminars were organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, in co-operation with the Civil Service Academy, the Supreme Court and the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan.

OSCE facilitates implementation of National Preventive Mechanism against torture in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
ASTANA, 19 November 2013 – The implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism Against Torture and Ill-treatment in Kazakhstan (NPM) was the focus of a two-day seminar that began today in Astana.

OSCE advocates for human rights knowledge among schoolchildren in Armenia

Publishing date: 15 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
A group quiz promoting knowledge and awareness of human rights among high school students will be held on 17 November, in Gyumri, Shirak province of Armenia.