News and press releases

Representatives from the President Office, parliament, the Supreme Court, law enforcement agencies, the government and civil society gathered in Bishkek on 17 June 2014 to discuss rule of law and judicial reforms in Kyrgyzstan...

AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 12 June 2014- An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for prosecutors on basic trial techniques and pre-trial preparation in criminal cases began today in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan...

On 3 June 2014, some 50 of Serbia’s top judicial professionals gathered at an OSCE-conference in Belgrade to discuss the selection process for judges and prosecutors and the reform of the Judicial Academy...

As discussions on the need to improve effectiveness of the judiciary are gaining pace in Ukraine, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator supported a roundtable meeting on 2 June 2014 with the aim of facilitating dialogue on reforms to the justice system...

The process of drafting and preparing legislation in the Kyrgyz Republic should be more transparent and participatory, said a preliminary assessment presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Bishkek on 2 June 2014. The presentation was held for representatives of the country’s parliament, the Jogorku Kenesh, and of the government, the presidential administration and civil society.

ASTANA, 30 May 2014 – Current trends and challenges in the ongoing process of reforming legislation in Kazakhstan are the main topics of an OSCE-supported conference, organized by the Legislation Institute of the Justice Ministry, which opened today in Astana...

An agreement between the OSCE and INTERPOL was signed on 27 May 2014 with the aim of further enhancing collaboration between the two organizations in the area of law enforcement training...