News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps find ways to counter extremism and radicalization in prisons
Publishing date: 19 November 2012
Ways to counter violent extremism and radicalization that might lead to terrorism in Kygyzstan’s penitentiary establishments were discussed during a two-day seminar which started on 19 November 2012 in Bishkek. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports conference on national preventive mechanisms against torture
Publishing date: 15 November 2012
The Forth East European Conference on National Preventive Mechanisms started on 15 November 2012 in Odessa with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Greater youth participation in decision-making needed, says Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 November 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 November 2012- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, urged today at a conference greater involvement of young people in decision-making and policy creation...
OSCE Office presents study on establishing probation service in Armenia
Publishing date: 12 November 2012
YEREVAN, 12 November 2012 – Analysis of the current situation, international standards and good practices of OSCE participating States was in the focus of a study on introducing a probation service in Armenia presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE promotes training on prisoners’ rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
ASHGABAT, 7 November 2012 – International and national legal standards for the treatment of prisoners are the focus of an OSCE-organized “train-the-trainers” course that opened in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains judges and lawyers to improve property rights protection
Publishing date: 2 November 2012
A series of three workshops organized by the OSCE Mission for 90 judges and lawyers in Kosovo on improving the protection of property rights was completed in Prishtinë/Priština on 31 October 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR Forum in Almaty promotes further reforms to criminal justice systems in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
More than 100 policymakers, academics, legal professionals and civil society representatives from across Central Asia highlighted recent reform initiatives, current challenges and the way forward in the region’s criminal justice sector at a two-and-a-half day forum that ended in Almaty on 31 October 2012...