News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE workshop on International Co-operation in Criminal Matters between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan opens in Bishkek today
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
BISHKEK, 17 November 2014 – A two-day workshop on international co-operation in criminal matters between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan law enforcement agencies and Prosecutorial and Central Authorities started today in Bishkek...
OSCE and Azerbaijan organize international conference on strengthening religious tolerance
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
BAKU, 17 November 2014 – An international conference on strengthening religious tolerance, co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus Muslims Board and the National Commission of Azerbaijan for UNESCO, will take place in Baku on 17-18 November 2014. It will discuss Azerbaijan’s model of religious tolerance and existing challenges in the OSCE area and beyond. The two-day event, organized in the following day after the UN International Day of Tolerance (16 November), will bring together more than 100 participants from 11 countries...
Spot report by OSCE Observer Mission, 16 Nov 2014: Russian convoy of 20 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned via Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 16 November 2014
On 16 November 2014 at 07:25 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Russian Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 20 vehicles were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services and then headed into Ukraine. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 15:12 on the same day. This was the sixth Russian convoy crossing through the Donetsk BCP since the arrival of the Observer Mission (OM) to the Russian BCPs.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 14 November 2014
Publishing date: 15 November 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, focusing on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 13 November 2014
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, focusing on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. The Ukrainian and Russian heads of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) informed the SMM of an agreed draft schedule for gradual disengagement of forces along the line of contact.
OSCE introduces best practices of human trafficking prosecution to Ukrainian law enforcers
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
More than 120 police officers, prosecutors and judges from all over Ukraine discussed ways of enhancing the prosecution of human trafficking offences at a two-day international conference, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator on 13-14 November in Kyiv...
Statement by OSCE PA human rights chair on the five-year anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnitsky
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2014 – On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnistky, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), has called for an end to impunity in Russia and greater attention to the persistent link between corruption and human rights transgressions across the OSCE area...