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Human safety comes first: OSCE boosts the use of robotic systems for Explosive Ordnance Disposal in Ukraine
Publishing date: 1 August 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
As part of its continued support to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to counter explosive threats, the OSCE organized a specialized training course on Zeus robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers of the National Police of Ukraine.
Supply chain ethics: Promoting human rights and social responsibility on the margins of EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive conference
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE and the Greek labour inspectorate joined forces to host a conference focused on human rights due diligence for more than 120 public officials, business and civil society representatives on 25 June 2025, in Athens. The event, hosted by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and
Uzbekistan’s Ombudsman institution, civil society organizations gain skills in alternative reporting to UN treaty bodies
Publishing date: 25 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
From 23 to 25 June 2025, 25 regional representatives from Uzbekistan’s Ombudsman institution and civil society organizations participated in a training course conducted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) to learn how to write alternative reports to UN treaty bodies. During the
OSCE Mission Hands Over Specialized Vehicles to Kosovo Police to Improve Public Safety and Security
Publishing date: 25 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Arms control, Policing, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over five specialized vehicles to the Kosovo Police K9 unit on 24 June 2025 to enhance the operational capabilities of police canine teams.
OSCE promotes protection of vulnerable groups through anti-trafficking workshop
Publishing date: 17 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
On 16 and 17 June 2025, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), jointly with the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking of Human Beings, conducted a two-day workshop in Tashkent on addressing trafficking in human beings among vulnerable
Second Central Asian regional simulation-based training strengthens joint response to human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Over 130 practitioners from Central Asia and Türkiye gathered this week at Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, for a five-day regional simulation-based training exercise on combating trafficking in human beings. The training was opened by Nurlanbek Azygaliev, Vice Speaker of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz
Protecting Childhood: OSCE Hosts Roundtable on Early Marriages and Child Labour
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 June 2025, Sarajevo – On the World Day Against Child Labour, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a roundtable in Sarajevo titled “Challenges and Gaps in the Institutional Response to Child Labour and Early Marriages”, aimed at strengthening protections for vulnerable children,