News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE continues to enhance law enforcement skills to effectively combat domestic violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 6 October 2017
On 6 October 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova started a series of training sessions in eight districts of central Moldova to improve law enforcement’s capabilities to more effectively combat domestic violence. The prevalent phenomenon has risen to the attention of the European Court of Human Rights that is holding Moldova responsible in several egregious cases.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains state administration employees on anti-discrimination measures against persons with disabilities
Publishing date: 6 October 2017
A two-day training seminar on the prohibition of discrimination against persons with disabilities was organized for some 25 employees of the state administration by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights on 5 and 6 October 2017 in Bečići...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 October 2017
VIENNA, 5 October 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today welcomed the release of Solidzhon Abdurakhmanov, a former correspondent with Uznews.net and the UK-based Institute for War and Peace Reporting...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of joint OSCE-UNODC seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 October 2017
A two-day seminar on strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism, which brought together over 30 practitioners from the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and prison management, concluded on 5 October 2017 in Astana.
Gender equality key to effectiveness and legitimacy of democratic institutions, say participants in regional conference co-organized by ODIHR in Chisinau
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Making parliaments more representative and gender-sensitive was the focus of discussions among parliamentarians, local elected officials and civil society representatives from Eastern Europe and Central Asia during a regional conference held in Chisinau on 3 and 4 October 2017. The event was
Education for Social Justice training concludes in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 October 2017 – An Education for Social Justice training for primary schools, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 4 October 2017 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier presents Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary to primary school children
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier presented the first ever children’s illustrated Serbian-Albanian/Albanian-Serbian dictionary (Mali rečnik/Fjalor i vogël) to pupils in two primary schools in Bujanovac and Preševo today. Over the next three days, the dictionary