News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BiH supports annual prosecutorial conference on criminal matters
Publishing date: 3 October 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized two panels – on war crimes and on trafficking in human beings and gender-based violence – at the three-day Annual Prosecutorial Conference on Criminal Matters, held on 1-3 October 2018 in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Challenges and opportunities for increasing women’s contribution to international peace and security explored at OSCE Chairmanship event in Vienna
Publishing date: 2 October 2018
Persisting challenges within and beyond the OSCE area with regard to the meaningful participation of women to international peace and security efforts were the focus of discussions at the OSCE-wide conference “Women in the Security Sector: Challenges for the OSCE Area and Beyond”, held in Vienna on 1 October 2018. The event was organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Gender section.
OSCE-supported training course improves capacity and co-operation of actors promoting and protecting rights of national minorities in Moldova
Publishing date: 2 October 2018
More than 25 representatives of the Agency for Interethnic Relations, the Ombudsman’s office and the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality completed a two-day training course on national minority issues on 2 October 2018 in Chisinau. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, the course aimed at enhancing the capacity and co-operation among the state actors involved in implementing the National Strategy for Consolidation of Interethnic Relations for 2017‒2027...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on implementing Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2018
The implementation of the Aarhus Convention’s principles in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held on 2 October 2018 in Astana...
ODIHR roundtable event in Ulaanbaatar focuses on situation of human rights defenders
Publishing date: 1 October 2018
The situation of human rights defenders in Mongolia was the topic of discussion during a roundtable event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 28 September 2018 in Ulaanbaatar. The event brought together 43 participants (25 women and 18 men) from
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports lawyers from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River to discuss legal aspects of providing assistance to domestic violence survivors
Publishing date: 1 October 2018
Thirty-five legal professionals and civil society activists from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River participated in an OSCE-supported training workshop in Ribnita on 28 September 2018 on the legal aspects of providing assistance to survivors of domestic violence...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hands over software for electronic database on domestic violence cases to FBiH Gender Centre
Publishing date: 1 October 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) handed over to the Gender Centre of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) software for an electronic database on domestic violence cases, at a ceremony held on 1 October 2018 in Sarajevo...