News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports improved provision of local administrative services to Serbian citizens
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
To improve the efficiency of the local administration and its services to Serbian citizens, some 1180 employees of 136 local self-government units from across Serbia completed an OSCE Mission-supported online course on the implementation of the new Law on General Administrative Procedure. The ceremony of awarding certificates took place on 29 August 2017 in Belgrade...
OSCE concludes training seminars on torture prevention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars on monitoring of children's institutions for participants of National Preventive Mechanism for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment (NPM) concluded on 29 August 2017 in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
Programme Office in Dushanbe conducts capacity-building seminar on human rights guarantees for detained persons
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
The OSCE’s Programme Office in Dushanbe opened a three-day training seminar on the rights of persons arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies on 29 August 2017 in Dushanbe...
Final report on United Kingdom’s early general election by OSCE/ODIHR recommends reviewing campaign finance provisions
Publishing date: 28 August 2017
The final report on the 8 June early general election in the United Kingdom, published on 28 August 2017 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), contains several recommendations to improve campaign finance regulations and further strengthen the legal framework for
NGOs from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River engage in discussions at OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported retreat
Publishing date: 28 August 2017
On 25 August 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova supported a retreat for 28 representatives of NGOs from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River in the village of Merenesti. The event provided a platform for practical discussions on running an NGO. Participants were selected based on their motivation to foster co-operation between NGOs from the either side of the river...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains teachers from vocational schools on gender equality and women’s rights
Publishing date: 28 August 2017
Forty-six teachers from vocational schools throughout Moldova completed a Train the Trainer programme and learned new techniques for achieving gender equality and improving their skills in the promotion of women’s rights in the field of education. The training course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, took place from 22 to 25 August 2017 in Chisinau...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media calls for immediate release of journalist Mehman Aliyev in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 25 August 2017