News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Opportunities in conflict resolution offered by OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration focus of seminar discussion
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
The Swedish OSCE Chairpersonship organized a seminar on 1 June 2021 to discuss the opportunities offered by the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in the realm of conflict resolution within the OSCE. The event offered the opportunity to highlight the benefits of the OSCE Court and to describe its mechanisms and procedures. Panel discussions focused on how to overcome the current challenges for the OSCE Court to become fully activated.
Children’s rights need better protection in Ukraine’s criminal justice system, finds OSCE-supported report
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
Multiple interrogations, lack of psychological support, lengthy proceedings, these are just a few of the problems children face in Ukraine’s criminal justice system according to a new OSCE-supported report presented on 1 June 2021.
OSCE supports webinar on parallel financial investigations and role of cryptocurrencies during cybercrime investigations
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
An OSCE-supported three-day online training webinar on parallel financial investigations and the role of cryptocurrencies during cybercrime investigations, concluded on 28 May 2021...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro publishes “Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019: An Assessment and Recommendations for Good Governance in Policing”
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
On 19 May 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro published a report on Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019: An Assessment and Recommendations for Good Governance in Policing, authored by the independent expert Novak Gajić.
Management of assets, vehicles and properties of citizens residing outside of their country of citizenship, focus of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
On 26 May 2021, the practices of managing assets, in particular vehicles and properties of citizens residing outside of their country of citizenship, was the focus of an OSCE-supported event in Belgrade, hosted by the Directorate for Management of Confiscated Assets of Serbia’s Justice Ministry with the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) and the Agency for Administration of Seized and Confiscated Asset of Albania, currently holding BAMIN Presidency...
OSCE Programme Office in Kyrgyzstan helps build capacity of parliamentary staff
Publishing date: 28 May 2021
On 27 and 28 May, thirty civil servants of the administration of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan underwent the first training course in a series of capacity-building exercises in Bishkek. The training course aims to further develop analytical skills that are essential in collecting, processing, and conducting analysis of strategic documents and reports for policy formulation.
Continued Importance of Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security highlighted at OSCE seminar hosted by Albania
Publishing date: 27 May 2021
The democratic control of armed and security forces in the context of the Mediterranean region was the focus of a seminar organized online by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the Republic of Albania on 27 and 28 May 2021...