News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains children on human rights
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
More than 50 school children from all over Ukraine were trained on human rights principles, from 19 to 20 November 2015 in Odesa, during the events organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Office of the Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights...
OSCE supports training course on gender equality for university students in Montenegro
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
Standards in gender equality, the relevant legal framework, gender-sensitive language, the portrayal of women in the media, and the representation of women in political life were the focus of a training course for university students in Podgorica, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 20-21 November 2015...
OSCE launches a volume of decisions by the high instance court to support Armenia’s judicial system
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
A volume of decisions by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation for 2014 was launched on 20 November 2015 in Yerevan. It aims to serve as a useful tool and resource for all criminal lawyers...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission facilitated retrieval of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier’s body
Publishing date: 22 November 2015
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, on 19 November 2015, facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire on the contact line near Zolote, Luhansk region, enabling the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) medics to recover the body of a member of the UAF demining team. He had reportedly been killed in a mine accident on 15 November, along with the two colleagues...
OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Georgia stresses need for proper impact assessment and monitoring of legislation
Publishing date: 20 November 2015
Methodologies for assessing the impact of draft legislation and monitoring of adopted legislation were the focus of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Parliament of Georgia, on 19 and 20 November 2015 in Tbilisi.
OSCE-supported regional conference in Montenegro focuses on fight against cybercrime
Publishing date: 20 November 2015
Exchanging experiences and best practices in the fight against cybercrime was the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference for practitioners held on November 18-19 in Pržno, Budva, Montenegro...
Civil registration and personal identification documents for Roma in Ukraine are crucial for ensuring their fundamental rights and equality, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 20 November 2015
The importance of civil registration and personal identification documents and the negative effects on Roma in Ukraine who lack these documents were the focus of an expert seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights in Kyiv on 19 and 20 November 2015.