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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR final report on United Kingdom’s general election recommends addressing equality of vote and reviewing campaign finance provisions
Publishing date: 23 July 2015
Addressing the deviation in the size of constituencies to ensure equality of the vote and accelerating the disclosure of campaign finance reports are among the main recommendations contained in a final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 7 May 2015 general election in the United Kingdom...
Arrest of journalist underscores need for urgent reform of defamation law in Mongolia, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the arrest of Sodnomdarjaa Battulga, a journalist with Info.mn news website, is disproportionate and excessive, and underscores the need for abolishing criminal defamation in Mongolia...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains lawyers on human rights issues
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
On 17-19 July 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a three-day training event for 21 lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on representing the fundamental rights of potential clients before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The training was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town on the bank of the river...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign memorandum on reforming law enforcement and other government agencies
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
The Kyrgyz Government and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed a memorandum of understanding on reforming of law enforcement bodies and governmental agencies dealing with internal affairs, national security, economic crimes, the penal system, customs, the frontier service, financial intelligence and
People’s trust in police improved, says the OSCE-supported public opinion survey
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
The results of a public opinion survey indicate that people have greater trust in the police. A survey carried out by the El-Pikir Centre of Public Opinion Study and Forecasting examined people’s perception of the police work across Kyrgyzstan and was presented on 17 July 2015...
Students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River took part in OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported Youth Summer School
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
A celebration to mark the end of a ten-day summer school for youth was held on 19 July 2015 in Molovata Noua, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River. Local officials and inhabitants from both banks of the river attended the event, as did the 80 participants of the summer school...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 17 July 2015
Publishing date: 18 July 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of Measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.” Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed that the number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport decreased. In Shyrokyne no ceasefire violations were observed. The repair at the water pipeline north-west of Horlivka was suspended due to ceasefire violations. The SMM in Kyiv as well as on the crash site in Hrabove observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the downing of Malaysian Airline Flight MH17.