News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry organize international conference on women’s role in law enforcement agencies
Publishing date: 16 October 2014
BISHKEK, 16 October 2014 – The role of women in law enforcement agencies and their contribution to peace and security is being explored at a one-day international conference organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry in Bishkek today. The conference brings together representatives of law enforcement agencies from Central Asia, Afghanistan, Armenia, Sweden, the United States and Canada...
OSCE Centre supports seminar on transition to new model of criminal justice in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 October 2014
An effective functioning of the legal system, law enforcement practice and legislative development in light of ongoing criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan were among the topics of a three-day training seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana that took place from 13 to 15 October 2014...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches new tool for evaluating work of justice sector
Publishing date: 8 October 2014
In line with its mandate to promote the independence, impartiality and accountability of the justice system, on 8 October 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo has launched Justice Monitor, a new bi-annual publication presenting qualitative performance indicators for first instance courts in Kosovo. It is the first time this kind of data relating to courts in Kosovo has been compiled...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes publication on independent and effective judiciary
Publishing date: 26 September 2014
An OSCE-supported publication “International standards for independent and effective judiciary” was presented in Skopje to a group of judges, prosecutors, and attorneys, on 26 September 2014...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes campaign against hate speech among high school students
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Students from 21 high schools in Skopje learn about privacy, personal data protection, and how to combat online hate speech through an OSCE supported project, from September to December 2014...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports enhancing regulatory legal framework for small arms and light weapons, conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
BISHKEK, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic today hosted the first roundtable discussion on improving the country’s regulatory legal framework for use of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports international conference marking 50th anniversary of Constitutional Court
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
SKOPJE, 19 September 2014 – Some 80 constitutional court judges from 21 European countries, representatives of the the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission), the European Court of Human Rights, as well as legal practitioners from the country and abroad will participate at an OSCE-supported three-day conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Court in Skopje...