News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania trains probation officers on Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
On 15-18 July 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 30 probation officers from across the country as well as members of the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training introduced the newly-developed Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults (OASJ) and effective approaches to working with juvenile offenders. This assessment and related user manual was developed by a working group chaired by the Presence...
OSCE works to promote child-friendly justice in Armenia
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
YEREVAN, 18 July 2014 – Ensuring better co-ordination and collaboration among different state and non-state agencies dealing with juvenile offenders was the main objective of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held today in Yerevan...
OSCE trains Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on victim and witness protection
Publishing date: 17 July 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Lithuanian Criminal Police Office conducted on 15 and 16 July 2014 a training seminar for law enforcement bodies on effective measures in protecting victims and witnesses of organized and serious crimes...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s Constitutional Court sign agreement to foster human rights protection, rule of law
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
Yurii Baulin, Chairperson of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court and Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signed a Memorandum on Co-operation to streamline future joint efforts to strengthen the rule of law, democratic development, promote international standards in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The signing ceremony took place in Kyiv on 16 July 2014...
Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Presence in Albania publishes guidelines for lawyers in civil proceedings
Publishing date: 1 July 2014
A legal manual that will help lawyers improve their performance in the civil court proceedings was presented by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian National Chamber of Advocates at an event held on 1 July 2014 in Tirana...
