News and press releases

The vital role played by trainers in strengthening law enforcement officers’ capacity to respond effectively to hate crime was at the centre of a three-day workshop held in Warsaw from 22 to 24 July 2015. This training-of-trainers event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the Association of European Police Colleges, is part of ODIHR's efforts to enhance its Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over the equipment used for the video conference to the Kyrgyz State Border Service. The ceremony was held during the simulation exercise “Bogot-Barrier 2015” conducted in the headquarters of the Kyrgyz border troops in Bishkek on 22 July 2015...

Addressing the deviation in the size of constituencies to ensure equality of the vote and accelerating the disclosure of campaign finance reports are among the main recommendations contained in a final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 7 May 2015 general election in the United Kingdom...

VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the arrest of Sodnomdarjaa Battulga, a journalist with Info.mn news website, is disproportionate and excessive, and underscores the need for abolishing criminal defamation in Mongolia...

On 17-19 July 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a three-day training event for 21 lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on representing the fundamental rights of potential clients before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The training was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town on the bank of the river...

The Kyrgyz Government and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed a memorandum of understanding on reforming of law enforcement bodies and governmental agencies dealing with internal affairs, national security, economic crimes, the penal system, customs, the frontier service, financial intelligence and

The results of a public opinion survey indicate that people have greater trust in the police. A survey carried out by the El-Pikir Centre of Public Opinion Study and Forecasting examined people’s perception of the police work across Kyrgyzstan and was presented on 17 July 2015...