News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports creation of more efficient administrative judiciary system in Serbia
Publishing date: 21 September 2017
Some 40 high-level judicial officials from ten European countries gathered at an international conference in Belgrade on 21 and 22 September 2017 to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the existing administrative judiciary systems in their respective states.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds workshop on prevention of domestic violence
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe delivered a workshop for a newly-established multi-disciplinary group on preventing domestic violence and supporting, protecting and rehabilitating survivors and victims, on 13 September 2017 in Isfara, northern Tajikistan...
OSCE PA human rights leader: Turkish appeals commission must be transparent to restore faith in rule of law
Publishing date: 14 September 2017
COPENHAGEN, 14 September 2017 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Spanish parliamentarian Ignacio Sanchez Amor, today reiterated calls for clear, effective and transparent legal procedures in Turkey including for those dismissed or imprisoned following last year’s failed coup d’état. Today marks the last day on which people can appeal against their dismissal to a special government commission charged with their review....
OSCE promotes implementation of Istanbul Protocol to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 July 2017
An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar titled “Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Inhuman Treatment in Accordance with the Istanbul Protocol” started on 24 July 2017 in Astana...
Marking one year since Turkey’s state of emergency, OSCE PA human rights committee leaders urge respect for rule of law
Publishing date: 20 July 2017
COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2017 – The three officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions – Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Vice-Chair Ivana Dobesova (Czech Republic) and Rapporteur Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni (Cyprus) – today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of Turkey’s state of emergency...
OSCE continues to train law students to support access to primary legal aid
Publishing date: 17 July 2017
On 13 and 14 July 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event for 15 law students from Balti, Cahul and Chisinau to improve their skills in providing free legal aid in Moldova. The training focused on honing students’ ability to conduct public presentations that convey easily understood messages on what the legal aid system is and how individuals can use it to seek solutions to various existing legal problems...
Head of OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe meets Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 7 July 2017
DUSHANBE, 7 July 2017 – Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, met Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Aslov Sirodjidin Muhridinovich in Dushanbe today. She gave an update on the transition of the “OSCE Office in Tajikistan” into the “OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe”, which came into effect on 1 July 2017, as mandated by the OSCE Permanent Council Decision 1251...