News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported training on inclusive public transport for persons with disabilities in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
A two-day training course for public transport employees to improve their understanding of persons with disabilities who use public transport was organized in Dushanbe on 29 and 30 November 2018. Marking the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the event was organized by the League of women with disabilities “Ishtirok” with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.
OSCE helps with promoting environmental democracy in Jalal-Abad province
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
Throughout 2018, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek helped conduct a study of political and institutional frameworks for financing environmental protection causes in the province of Jalal-Abad. The results of the study, entitled “Financing Environment Protection with focus on Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Jalal-Abad Province: Public and Private Expenditure Review”, will be published with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek by the end of this year and then transferred to the Ministry of Finances of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Participants in OSCE/ODIHR event in Milan commit to working together to prevent torture, ill-treatment of immigrants in detention
Publishing date: 4 December 2018
The protection of persons deprived of their liberty in the OSCE region in the context of immigration detention was the focus of a second regional meeting of representatives of national mechanisms for the prevention of torture and civil society organizations active in this area. The meeting was
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2018 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 4 December 2018
BELGRADE, 4 December 2018 – Aleksandar Alimpić, Governor of the Sremska Mitrovica Correctional Institution; Mileva Malesić, Director of TV Forum from Prijepolje, Dejana Milijić Subić, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Improvement of Education; and Dragomir Milojević, President of the Supreme Court of Cassation will be presented with the 2018 OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Person of the Year Award at a ceremony today in Belgrade.
Canada Supreme Court ruling raises concern over protection of journalists’ confidential communication with sources, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
VIENNA, 3 December 2018- Today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed concern over the decision by the Canadian Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling obliging VICE reporter Ben Makuch to hand over his private communications with a source.
OSCE Mission supports Moldovan delegation in their participation in International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s plenary meeting in Italy
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
The OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) held under the Alliance’s Italian Chairmanship in Ferrara, Italy, from 27 to 29 November 2018. The event brought together more than 200 experts and governmental representatives from around the world to discuss ways to promote Holocaust education, remembrance and research...
Introduction to improvised explosive devices regional course for specialists from Central Asia and Afghanistan conducted in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe.