News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports seminar on public participation in law-making process in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 November 2017
An OSCE-supported seminar on public participation in the law-making process took place on 30 November 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan, bringing together 25 representatives of civil society, political parties, trade unions, local government authorities and the media.
Linkages between gender, diversity and justice explored at ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2017
The impact of gender equality and diversity within the judiciary and the prosecution service on the fairness of justice systems was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2017. More than 20
Training course on implementing international legal assistance in civil matters organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
PODGORICA, 28 November 2017- A two-day training course for 35 civil law judges on the implementation of international legal assistance in civil matters was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the country’s Judiciary Training Centre was held on 27 and 28 November 2017 in Podgorica...
Workshop by OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe highlights importance of adequate and effective evaluation of judges' work in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
Tools and methods for an effective evaluation of judges’ performance were the focus of a workshop organized jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Council of Europe, within the context of their Support to the Judicial Reform project, in Tbilisi on 14
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier launches recommendations on access to justice and national minorities
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
GRAZ, Austria, 14 November 2017 – Access to justice for persons belonging to national minorities from a conflict prevention perspective is the focus of a new set of recommendations for OSCE participating States, which were launched by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today at the University of Graz, Austria...
Statement by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina about the conclusions of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council BiH
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
Sarajevo, 27 October 2017 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina expresses its deep concerns about the nature of statements expressed in the conclusions of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC), at its session on 26 October 2017, in relation to the information submitted by the Centre for War Research, War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons of RS.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains state administration employees on anti-discrimination against national minorities
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
The fifth training course of the seventh cycle on anti-discrimination was organized for 25 employees of the state administration by Montenegro’s Ministry for Human and Minority Rights in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 26 and 27 October 2017 in Ulcinj. This training court dealt with preventing discrimination against national minorities, with emphasis on Roma...