News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR promotes strengthening independence of Ukraine’s judiciary
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Ukraine's judiciary was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20-21 December 2011 in Kyiv...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for justification of mass arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
VIENNA, 20 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said she was alarmed by the mass arrests of journalists in Turkey today and called for swift investigations...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo initiates dialogue on administrative justice
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
A two-day workshop on administrative justice for representatives of Kosovo’s Ministry of Local Government Administration, Ministry of Public Administration, the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, judges and representatives of judicial and civil service training institutions concluded on 16 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports training in investigative journalism
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported a ten-day training course on investigative reporting for fifteen TV, radio and print journalists, which concluded on 19 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports corruption assessment
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
A roundtable meeting held in Kyiv on 19 December 2011 examined the results of a pilot study conducted in Ukraine in 2011 using a new methodology to assess the level of corruption...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in human-rights compliant riot control
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
A graduation ceremony for 35 police officers who attended a two-week training course on crowd and riot control, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded on 16 December 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
OSCE Office in Baku trains social workers in combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
The OSCE Office in Baku organized a train-the-trainers workshop on the role of social workers in the prevention of domestic violence. More than 20 participants working in various shelters and family support centres attended the three-day event from 13 to 15 December 2011.