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OSCE Analysis Calls for Enhanced Institutional Coordination for Witness Support in BiH Judicial System
Publishing date: 25 April 2024
Key findings from the OSCE Mission to BiH shed light on the need for significant improvements in the witness support system to ensure access to justice and provide quality psychological and administrative support for witnesses and victims.
Women peacebuilders from across the OSCE regions and Afghanistan gathered in Vienna for the second edition of the Women’s Peace Leadership Programme
Publishing date: 25 April 2024
On April 22, Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid welcomed mentees of the second edition of the OSCE Women’s Peace Leadership Programme, in Vienna. This high-level mentorship programme supporting women’s inclusion in peace and security at all levels will run from October 2023 to June 2024 and provide 16 women peacebuilders from across the OSCE region with extensive training on leadership, mediation and dialogue facilitation.
OSCE gathers youth, influencers and governmental practitioners in Tajikistan to discuss awareness raising on youth crime prevention
Publishing date: 24 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Youth
On 23 and 24 April, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Programme Office in Dushanbe, held multi-stakeholder workshops with young people, influencers and governmental practitioners to discuss how to use social media as a platform to raise the awareness and resilience of young people on involvement in crime.
Regional expert-level conference on addressing the digital information disorder, terrorism and violent extremism concluded in Ulaanbaatar
Publishing date: 24 April 2024
To combat the “digital information disorder”, which refers to misinformation, disinformation, and malign information in the digital realm, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, together with the National Counter-Terrorism Council of Mongolia (NCTC), organized a regional expert-level conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 23 and 24 April: “Addressing the Prevailing Digital Information Disorder: Countering the Use of the Internet by Terrorists and Violent Extremists”.
Observation of Lithuania’s forthcoming presidential election regrettably not possible, ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 23 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
It will not be possible to observe the upcoming elections in Lithuania as the invitation extended to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was made conditional on the exclusion of nationals from certain OSCE states, in breach of the commitments made by all
Safety First: OSCE enhances ammunition storage practices in the Kyrgyz Republic
Publishing date: 22 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
From April 15 to April 19, 2024, 20 border guard officials undertook a training course titled ‘Storage of Ammunition in an Ammunition Bunker Site’ in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic. This course aimed to enhance the storage practices of ammunition in bunker sites according to the International Ammunition Technical Guidance (IATG).
Civil society is vital to promote and protect international law during times of crisis, OSCE leaders say
Publishing date: 22 April 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 22 April 2024 – While civil society organizations play a crucial role in monitoring and ensuring accountability for violations of international law in times of crisis, it is becoming increasingly difficult in many places for them to carry out their work effectively or safely, OSCE leaders said as a two-day conference began today.