News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Assessment of work of institutions in combating discrimination presented by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 March 2019
SARAJEVO, 21 March 2019 – An assessment of the work of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) institutions in combating discrimination, prepared by the OSCE Mission to BiH, was presented today in Sarajevo, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination...
Statement by Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bruce G. Berton, on conviction of Radovan Karadzic
Publishing date: 20 March 2019
“Today’s verdict in the case of Radovan Karadzic is another crucial step toward holding accountable those individuals most responsible for genocide and other atrocities committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Social workers promote the importance of human relationships on occasion of World Social Work Day, at OSCE-supported event in Banja Luka
Publishing date: 19 March 2019
Banja Luka, 19 March 2019- On the occasion of World Social Work Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Association of Social Workers of Republika Srpska supported the Union of Social Work Students and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the Banja Luka University in holding an event today in Banja Luka entitled “Promoting the importance of human relationships”...
OSCE conducts seminar series on combating domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 March 2019
A series of three one-day training seminars and a public discussion on the legislative mechanisms regulating the police’s work in combating domestic violence concluded on 15 March 2019 in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Region...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports discussion on criminal justice development
Publishing date: 6 March 2019
Current approaches to increasing the effectiveness of criminal policy were the topic of a two-day OSCE-supported conference that began in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan on 6 March 2019...
Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina to develop digital archive of evidence brought in war crimes cases
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
SARAJEVO, 22 February 2019 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bruce G. Berton, the President of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of BiH, Milan Tegeltija, and the Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, Gordana Tadić, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the development of a digital archive of all evidence pertaining to war crimes cases in the possession of the BiH Prosecutor’s Office...
OSCE Mission to Skopje condemns attempts to sell its Commentary to Law on Criminal Procedure
Publishing date: 28 January 2019
SKOPJE, 28 January 2019 – The OSCE Mission to Skopje condemns attempts to market and sell the OSCE-sponsored Commentary to the 2010 Law on Criminal Procedure.