News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports discussions on the case-law of European Court of Human Rights among Ukrainian legal professionals
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
More than a hundred legal professionals gathered in Lviv to participate in the International Forum on the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, organized jointly by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the law faculty of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains government experts on anti-corruption pre-screening of legal acts
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
DUSHANBE, 24 November 2014 – A three-day workshop on pre-screening legal acts to identify provisions that may be vague or contradictory and therefore encourage corruption started today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The workshop is the last phase of a one-month activity with the objective to produce a methodology on anti-corruption law screening...
Accountability and transparency of public institutions in focus of OSCE-led seminar in Montenegro
Publishing date: 21 November 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre and the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica organized a four-day seminar from 17-20 November 2014 in Budva on the importance of public information and outreach in the Judicial, Prosecutorial, and Police institutions...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on new criminal justice model in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 November 2014
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the implementation of the action plan for the transition to a new model of the criminal and administrative justice took place on 21 November 2014 in Almaty...
OSCE Centre supports training event on ethics and prevention of judicial corruption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
ASTANA, 17 November 2014- An OSCE-supported training seminar and roundtable discussion on ethics and the prevention of corruption in the judicial system began today in Astana...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains lawyers on cross-examination
Publishing date: 10 November 2014
From 4 to 7 November 2014 the OSCE Mission in Kosovo trained 68 lawyers on cross-examination techniques at training sessions held in Prishtinë/Priština and Prizren...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitates public discussion on implementation of Free Access to Information Act
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
The implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a public discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, with support of the Montenegrin Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information, on 6 November 2014 in Bijelo Polje...