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Former official of OSCE Mission to Serbia receives award from Serbian Judicial Academy

Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
The former Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Rule of Law and Human Rights Department, Ruth Van Rhijn, received the Serbian Judicial Academy’s Annual Award for the Advancement of the Judiciary on 4 May 2012...

OSCE Secretary General welcomes peaceful conduct of ballot facilitation in Kosovo

Publishing date: 7 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
VIENNA, 7 May 2012- The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, today welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the OSCE-run ballot facilitation that allowed eligible voters in Kosovo to cast ballots in the 6 May Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes adoption of administrative courts law

Publishing date: 3 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
TIRANA, 3 May 2012- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of the law on administrative courts by the Albanian parliament...

OSCE Office in Yerevan organizes workshop on probation standards

Publishing date: 30 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YEREVAN, 30 April 2012 – International standards on probation and experience and good practices of other OSCE states were discussed today at an OSCE workshop in Yerevan...

Law students in Turkmenistan discuss pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings at OSCE lecture course

Publishing date: 27 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 28 April 2012- Thirty students from the Law Faculty of the S.A. Niyazov Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs completed today in Ashgabat an OSCE-organized lecture series on human rights standards at the pre-trial stages of criminal proceedings...

OSCE and Azerbaijan’s Ombudsman hold workshop on torture prevention mechanism

Publishing date: 26 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
BAKU, 26 April 2012 – A workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Ombudsman Office of Azerbaijan on detention monitoring and reporting on cases of torture under national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) started today...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal procedure code

Publishing date: 23 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 23 April 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat presented an article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Procedure Code of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat today...