News and press releases

The role of judicial councils in ensuring judicial independence and accountability was the focus of a seminar in Tashkent on 29 and 30 November 2017, co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.

A youth network of gender champions, composed of 45 young adults, including 15 men and 30 women, was established by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on 29 November 2017 in Tajikistan.

Some 40 national and international state attorneys and their deputies gathered to discuss the latest developments in the work of state attorneys at an international conference taking place from 30 November to 1 December 2017 in Belgrade.

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the legislation and law enforcement practices regulating police’s work in preventing and combating domestic violence concluded on 30 November 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

A three-day training seminar on strengthening the collaboration between police and citizens in countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (VERLT), supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 30 November 2017.

An OSCE-supported seminar on public participation in the law-making process took place on 30 November 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan, bringing together 25 representatives of civil society, political parties, trade unions, local government authorities and the media.

An OSCE-supported two-day training workshop on best practices for administering a risks management system at customs concluded on 30 November 2017 in Astana.