News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports train-the-trainers course for Interior Ministry officials on crisis management in hostage situations
Publishing date: 26 October 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is supporting a five-day train-the-trainers course for the country’s Interior Ministry officials on crisis management in hostage situations and hostage negotiations from 26 to 30 October 2015 at the International Training Centre in Budapest, Hungary...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports human rights education for police
Publishing date: 12 October 2015
An OSCE-organized train-the-trainers course on human rights for 11 instructors from the Interior Ministry’s higher educational institutions across the country began today on 12 October 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE conducts training seminar on multi-ethnic policing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 5 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law-enforcement officers on best practices and international standards in policing in multi-ethnic societies began today in Aktobe, Kazakhstan...
Human rights and gender issues within the police in focus at OSCE roundtable discussion in Yerevan
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
BELGRADE, 1 October 2015 – The OSCE’s role in providing a common platform for mediation and conflict prevention is more important today than ever, says a new report by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which was presented today at the Belgrade Security Forum 2015...
Participating States have to do more to combat discrimination in policing and police violence against Roma and Sinti, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Current human rights challenges in policing Roma and Sinti communities in the OSCE region were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2015.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police station commanders on general management and problem oriented policing
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje will organize three workshops for 56 police station commanders with the aim of increasing the professional capacity of police in democratic, professional and efficient performance. The workshops will take place between 28 September and 9 October 2015 in Ohrid and Ponivka...
OSCE Secretary General visits Vienna’s West Station to meet refugees and representatives of Austria’s Interior Ministry, Police and humanitarian organizations
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
VIENNA, 24 September 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met refugees and representatives of local aid organizations at the Vienna West railway station (Westbahnhof), where he was briefed by Austria’s Interior Ministry and the Vienna police about their operations...