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OSCE helps Ukraine to incorporate international mechanisms of human rights protection into education curriculum for judges

Publishing date: 4 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
A working group of professional legal trainers gathered on 3 September 2014 in Tatariv, in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region, to begin developing a national standard for judicial education on how to apply the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the Strasbourg Court in national legal practice...

OSCE Centre in Astana launches training seminars on National Preventive Mechanism for preventing torture and ill-treatment

Publishing date: 2 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 2 September 2014 – The second in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars on practical aspects of implementing the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for preventing torture and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan took place today in Astana...

OSCE-supported summer schools help Ukrainian judges improve knowledge of international mechanisms to protect human rights

Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
More than 60 judges of local and administrative courts, and legal professionals from across the country attended two summer schools held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine during July and August 2014 on applying the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the European Court (ECtHR) to uphold the rule of law and strengthening the protection of human rights...

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan discusses decriminalization reforms

Publishing date: 19 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 19 August 2014 – Members of the Mejlis (Parliament) and representatives of judiciary and law enforcement agencies of Turkmenistan discussed decriminalization of parts of the criminal justice system at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE PA human rights Chair stresses need for equal justice in Georgia

Publishing date: 18 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
COPENHAGEN, 18 August 2014 – In a phone call today with Victor Dolidze, the Acting Head of the Georgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Chair of the Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos, underlined the importance of prosecutors adhering to principles of political neutrality, independence and the rule of law...

OSCE helps young people in Kosovo voice their concerns, influence decision-making

Publishing date: 12 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 12 August 2014 – To mark International Youth Day, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, UNICEF and GIZ (the German agency for international co-operation) will support today 25 Local Youth Action Councils (LYACs) in taking the concerns of young people to local- and central-level officials.

OSCE Centre launches training series to support local self-government reforms in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 1 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminar for rural and small town municipalities aimed at strengthening local self-government across the country was held on 1 August 2014 in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan...