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OSCE, IOM train trainers on labour migration at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Publishing date: 29 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, Education
BISHKEK, 29 September 2009- A seminar on labour migration organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek today...

OSCE holds expert meeting on building trust between police, Roma communities

Publishing date: 28 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law
VIENNA, 28 September 2009- A police experts' workshop held today in Vienna looked at good practices that can help build trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities...

Number of women in OSCE senior positions up, but gender equality challenges remain, finds report

Publishing date: 24 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA, 24 September 2009- The OSCE has made strides in promoting gender equality and mainstreaming gender in its programmes and projects but further work is needed, found a report presented to the OSCE's participating States today...

OSCE Special Representative welcomes Romanian efforts to combat human trafficking, urges further improvements

Publishing date: 23 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 23 September 2009- Eva Biaudet, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, welcomed today Romania's recent efforts to combat human trafficking but said that authorities must...

OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers

Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies

Publishing date: 20 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...

OSCE Centre supports 'train the trainers' course on combating and preventing human trafficking in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 18 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASHGABAT, 18 September 2009- Twenty-five volunteers and staff of the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan from around the country completed an OSCE Centre-supported "train the trainers" course in Ashgabat today on human trafficking...