News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion of draft criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
A discussion of the draft Criminal Procedure Code recently introduced to the Parliament of Kazakhstan topped the agenda of an international conference, supported by the OSCE Centre and held on 15 November 2013 in Astana.
OSCE Special Representative highlights child victims at Vienna anti-trafficking concert
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 10 November 2013 highlighted the plight of child trafficking victims at an awareness-raising concert in Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Skopje raises awareness about right of free access to information
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the National Commission for Protection of the Right of Free Access to Public Information organized a roundtable discussion about “Exercising the Right of Free Access to Public Information” on 14 November 2013 in Gostivar. The event brought together mayors, presidents of municipal councils, administrators and media representatives from 20 different municipalities...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes transparency in construction of Western Europe – Western China Transport-Transit Corridor
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
A roundtable meeting to present and discuss the National Transparency and Sustainable Development Report related to the construction of the Western Europe – Western China International Transport-Transit Corridor took place on 13 November 2013 in Astana...
OSCE Special Representative, in Uzbekistan, called for co-operative efforts to stop human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in a visit to Uzbekistan from 5 to 9 November 2013, met with key government officials and leaders of non-governmental organizations to discuss ways to strengthen action against modern-day slavery, in co-operation with the civil society...
OSCE Centre helps improve legislation on Aarhus Convention implementation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
The OSCE Centre in Astana supported the discussion of amendments to legislative acts on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters under the Aarhus Convention.
OSCE/ODIHR trains imams and community leaders in combating hate crimes against Muslims
Publishing date: 13 November 2013
Imams and community leaders from across the OSCE region learned how to better prevent, monitor and report hate crimes against Muslims during a training session organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that ended on 11 November 2013 in Warsaw...