News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office supports rock concert, film festival to mark International Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
A rock concert, a film festival on human rights and digital age, a youth debate and a moot court competition were among the OSCE-supported events held on 10 and 11 December 2012 in Yerevan and Vanadzor to mark International Human Rights Day...
OSCE reviews results of voter-awareness campaign run ahead of October parliamentary elections in Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Lessons learned during the implementation of voter-awareness activities supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in the run-up to the 2012 parliamentary elections in the country were discussed at a conference in Kyiv on 11 December 2012...
OSCE Office donates equipment for training financial control officers in Tajikistan on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan handed over on 8 December 2012 equipment and educational material for a training centre to be set up to train officers of Tajikistan’s Agency for State Financial Control and Fight against Corruption...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Justice Ministry present draft amendments to the Criminal Code
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Draft amendments to the Montenegrin Criminal Code were presented to representatives of relevant institutions at a roundtable discussion held on 10 December 2012 in Podgorica...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports research on sexual harassment
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a roundtable meeting on sexual harassment on 7 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre in Astana strengthens co-operation with Atyrau Region
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, concluded her visit to the Atyrau Region in west Kazakhstan on 6 December 2012 where she met with the region’s Akim (governor) Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, and civil society representatives...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro co-organizes annual discussion to mark International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2012
Montenegro’s participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council, the right to restitution, and human rights protection in penitentiary system were the three topics discussed at an OSCE-supported event in Podgorica to mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2012...