News and press releases

AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 6 March 2014 – An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion on the ongoing reform of the Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of criminal justice modernization began today at Ak-Bulak near Almaty...

KYIV, 6 March 2014- The Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Tim Guldimann, briefing media in Kyiv today, commended the Ukrainian authorities for their efforts to de-escalate the situation on Crimea, adding that “the situation is calm, but very tense.”

NGO representatives and officials from the Ombudsman’s Office in Osh increased their knowledge of trial-monitoring techniques and fair trial rights at a training workshop conducted by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on 5 and 6 March 2014.

BERN, 4 March 2014 – Swiss Chairperson-in-Office Didier Burkhalter today discussed the Ukrainian crisis with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier. They emphasized the capacity of the OSCE in helping to overcome the crisis...

SKOPJE, 27 February 2014 – Encouraging youths from different ethnic communities to get involved in local decision-making is the aim of an event launched in Kumanovo today...

At an event in Podgorica held on 24 February 2014, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented results of research on the attitudes of citizens’ to the process of mediation as an alternative to resolving legal disputes...

The judicial system and procedures, issues related to judicial independence were the focus of a training seminar organized for media representatives from 15 to 16 February 2014 in Aghveran with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...