News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry organize training courses on introduction to trafficking in human beings and its forms
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
A series of two-day training courses on the Introduction to Trafficking in Human Beings and its Forms were held on 24 and 25 September and on 30 September and 1 October 2019 in Dushanbe.
OSCE presents handbook for law enforcement officers on understanding the role of gender in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 2 October 2019
More than 40 representatives of law enforcement agencies, government and practitioners as well as international organizations gathered in Vienna on 2 October 2019 for the official launch of the OSCE handbook on Understanding the Role of Gender in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism: Good Practices for Law Enforcement. The handbook, the first of its kind, is the result of a two-year collaborative effort by experts on gender, security sector and countering violent extremism based on case studies from across the OSCE area...
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2019
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and Kyrgyzstan’s State Agency for Local Self-Governance and Interethnic Relations (GAMSUMO) organized a roundtable discussion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to present The Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on the status of Kazakhstan's draft environmental code
Publishing date: 1 October 2019
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the status of Kazakhstan’s draft environmental code took place on 1 October 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
Participants of Model OSCE for Moldova’s youth reach unity through diversity
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Thirty students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River practiced their diplomacy skills at the sixth edition of the Model OSCE for Youth, which concluded with the adoption of an “Addendum to the OSCE Gender Action Plan” on 29 September 2019 in Moldova. The document was the result of a compromise and consensus, which the young “ambassadors” put into practice during a simulation of an OSCE Permanent Council meeting...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Désir and BiH Head of Mission Kavalec condemn attack on Radiosarajevo.ba, call for better protection of journalists
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
VIENNA / SARAJEVO, 30 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kathleen Kavalec, condemned today the attack on two radiosarajevo.ba journalists and called on the authorities to ensure the better protection of journalists...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported project writing training course with Regional Youth Co-operation Office for potential applicants
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
In preparation for the third Regional Youth Co-operation Office (RYCO) Call for Proposals, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the RYCO Local Branch Office organized a training course for potential applicants in Podgorica from 27 to 29 September 2019.