News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds workshop on co-operation between judiciary and media
Publishing date: 17 October 2016
Relations between the judiciary and the media, international standards on freedom of speech, the legal basis and particularity of defamation cases, as well as media access to courts were the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop for some 35 judges, lawyers and journalists which concluded on 15 October 2016 in Dushanbe...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier stresses role of human rights and rule of law during visit to Council of Europe
Publishing date: 14 October 2016
STRASBOURG, France, 14 October 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in an address on Thursday to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council in Europe in Strasbourg, underlined the important role that the Council of Europe plays in addressing many of the serious security challenges in Europe, thus highlighting the strong potential for dialogue and co-operation between the OSCE and the Council of Europe...
OSCE promotes international standards to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the UN Istanbul Protocol on Torture and related technical standards began on 3 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE-supported panel explores challenges in war crimes processing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
NEUM, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 September 2016 – More than 30 prosecutors from across BiH gathered for a war crimes panel within the Ninth Symposium of Prosecutors in BiH, which was supported by the OSCE Mission to BiH and concluded today in Neum...
OSCE Centre supports training for social workers of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
BISHKEK, 30 September 2016 – Some 16 social workers of penitentiary institutions across Kyrgyzstan will complete a two-week capacity-building training course tomorrow, which is organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Service for Execution of Punishment (SSEP)...
OSCE supports meeting of representatives of Albanian and Montenegrin Parliaments in Podgorica
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
The Parliament of Montenegro, with the support of the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Mission to Montenegro, hosted a visit of the Research Centre and public relations services of the Parliament of Albania on 23 September 2016 in Podgorica, with the aim of goal of strengthening co-operation between the two institutions and enhancing their activities...
Participants at OSCE-organized roundtable welcome amendments to Moldova’s hate crime legislation as first step in tackling the problem
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
A roundtable discussion on hate crime legislation in Moldova organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in co-operation with the Moldovan Ministry of Justice brought together 27 representatives of the government, civil society and international organizations on 13 September 2016...