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OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights

Publishing date: 11 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...

Kyrgyz prison officers learn about dog training, fire prevention and power supply management in training course supported by OSCE

Publishing date: 5 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
From 10 June to 6 July 2013, 72 Kyrgyz prison officials participated in a series of coaching classes in Bishkek that covered such issues as dog training, first aid and fire prevention...

OSCE Centre presents commentary on Turkmenistan’s criminal code

Publishing date: 4 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 4 July 2013 – An article-by-article commentary on the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan was presented at an OSCE-organized roundtable in Ashgabat today...

OSCE and EU support training of judges and prosecutors in BiH on use of ICTY evidence

Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 27 June 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) of the European Commission completed a two-day training course today for judges and prosecutors in BiH on the ICTY’s Electronic Disclosure Suite (EDS) – an extensive archive of documents and evidence gathered by the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor over several years of war crimes processing...

OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes application of modern tools of criminal procedure

Publishing date: 20 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 20 June 2013 – An OSCE-facilitated regional conference on the simplified forms of criminal procedure, which started today in Belgrade brought together some 130 participants...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports exchange of experience on human rights protection through constitutional justice

Publishing date: 20 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YALTA, Ukraine, 20 June 2013- Ways of protecting the rights of individuals through constitutional justice are the focus of an international conference that started in Yalta in the south of the country, today with the support of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...

OSCE Centre supports better extra-judicial dispute resolution, reconciliation in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
Development of the mediation practice in criminal and civil processes in Kazakhstan was the main topic of an international conference held in Astana on 18 June 2013 with the OSCE support...