News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine holds meeting to support fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 24 October 2008
KYIV, 24 October 2008- Promoting co-operation between Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to fight human trafficking was the purpose of a meeting organized in Kyiv today by the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Office urges Tajikistan to decriminalize defamation and libel laws
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organized a meeting starting today that called for the decriminalization and libel...
OSCE supports introduction of rule of law course to law curriculum at Ukrainian universities
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
KYIV, 9 October, 2008- Ways to improve the legal education system in Ukraine will be discussed at a conference, co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, that opened in Kyiv today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator advocates sustainability of Ukraine's civil society sector
Publishing date: 8 October 2008
KYIV, 8 October, 2008- Evaluating the development of civil society in Ukraine and ways to enhance its sustainability are the focus of an OSCE-organized conference that opened in Kyiv today...
OSCE conference in Ukraine focuses on human rights violation in pre-trial detention centres
Publishing date: 7 October 2008
SUDAK, Ukraine, 7 October, 2008- Human rights violations in pre-trial detention centres in Eastern Europe and national preventive mechanisms against torture and ill treatment in such centres are the focus of an OSCE conference in Sudak...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on green investment to fight climate change
Publishing date: 2 October 2008
ASTANA, 2 October 2008- Raising awareness about voluntary mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the aim of a two-day conference that started in Astana today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps raise sustainability of Ukrainian civil society organizations
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
KYIV, 12 September 2008- Twenty five representatives of civil society organizations are taking part in a seminar on fundraising, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine today...