News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports workshop on open budget data for achieving sustainable development goals
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop on open budget data for the Sustainable Development Goals concluded on 13 September 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training on Media Literacy
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
In order to improve media professionals and students of journalism knowledge of media literacy, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro is organizing a six-day training course from 16 to 21 September 2019, in Podgorica, for 20 participants from the office of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms (Ombudsman), the Agency for Electronic Media and journalism students...
ODIHR launches new guidelines on political participation of people with disabilities at a side event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
Under-representation of people with disabilities in political and public life and examples of positive practice contributing to more inclusive parliaments, political parties and democratic institutions were discussed at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human
OSCE promotes co-operation among Kyrgyzstan and international financial intelligence units to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
From 10 to 12 September 2019, the first Eurasian Forum for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) took place in Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan. The State Financial Intelligence Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (SFIS) and the Eurasian group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism (EAG) organized this forum with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).
OSCE, UNDP inaugurate offices of gender sensitive police unit and public council of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
Tajikistan’s Interior Minister, Colonel-General Rahimzoda Ramazon, senior-ranking ministry officials, representatives of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, and the United Nations Development Programme in Tajikistan (UNDP) participated in the official inauguration of a new gender sensitive police unit and an office for the district’s public council on 10 September 2019 in the Muminobod District.
OSCE supports training seminar for defence lawyers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
An OSCE-supported training seminar for representatives of the legal profession on the qualified legal protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms concluded on 14 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Presidents of courts discuss international standards for judicial administration at ODIHR seminar in Minsk
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
International rule of law standards related to the court management and independence of the judiciary were the topic of a training seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) together with Belarusian judicial institutions on 13 September 2019 in Minsk.