News and press releases

A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Yerevan from 29 November to 1 December 2017 to present the  final report of OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission for the 2 April parliamentary elections in Armenia. The report’s findings and recommendations

Four ambassadors and two military attaches representing their countries in the OSCE are the winners of the fourth White Ribbon Award in recognition of their personal commitment and achievements in promoting gender equality. The award ceremony was held on 30 November 2017, at the Hofburg in Vienna.

A two-day seminar on delimitation and demarcation practices in the OSCE area, organized by the Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, concluded on 30 November 2017 in Minsk.

The role of judicial councils in ensuring judicial independence and accountability was the focus of a seminar in Tashkent on 29 and 30 November 2017, co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

A youth network of gender champions, composed of 45 young adults, including 15 men and 30 women, was established by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 29 November 2017 in Tajikistan.

Some 40 national and international state attorneys and their deputies gathered to discuss the latest developments in the work of state attorneys at an international conference taking place from 30 November to 1 December 2017 in Belgrade.

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the legislation and law enforcement practices regulating police’s work in preventing and combating domestic violence concluded on 30 November 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.