News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Improving responses to hate crime focus of workshop co-organized by ODIHR and European Network of Police Women
Publishing date: 31 August 2018
Strengthening skills in recognizing and investigating hate crimes was at the centre of a train-the-trainer workshop for women police officers organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network of Police Women (ENP) from 29 to 31 August
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police on identification of domestic violence
Publishing date: 31 August 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo concluded a five-day ‘train-the-trainer’ course on identification of domestic violence for community policing units. The course was held from 27 to 31 August 2018 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE conducts regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments for Central Asia in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
The OSCE regional meeting of heads of law enforcement departments in Central Asia took place on 24-25 July 2018 in Dushanbe. The meeting was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat...
Strategic and innovative approaches to reducing supply and demand of illicit drugs focus of 2018 OSCE-wide anti-drugs conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
VIENNA, 16 July 2018 – The effectiveness of current drug control policies and strategic and innovative approaches to reducing the supply and demand of illicit drugs are the focus of the two-day OSCE-wide anti-drugs conference that opened in Vienna today. The conference brings together some 130 representatives of OSCE participating States and OSCE Partners for Co-operation...
OSCE Police Academies Network launched to strengthen police training and co-operation
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
To promote and support international police training and co-operation, the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) was established in Vienna on 29 June 2018 as an outcome of a project developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit at the Transnational Threats Department...
Border guard training on detection of forged documents supported by OSCE in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 29 June 2018...
Safety of journalists during critical events focus of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Internal Affairs Ministry and Journalists’ Association workshop with journalists and police officers
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
SKOPJE, 12 June 2018 – Improving the safety of journalists during critical events was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop today in Skopje, which brought together some 20 journalists and police officers...