News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Trafficking in human beings in focus of OSCE-supported training course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
A training course on combating trafficking in human beings, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the BiH Ministry of Security for officers of the Border Police and the Service for Foreigners' Affairs, concluded on 7 June 2017 in Sarajevo...
Netherlands parliamentary elections competitive and pluralistic, OSCE/ODIHR final report says; recommends codifying existing regulations, reviewing proxy voting, ensuring full voting rights of persons with mental disabilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
While the 15 March 2017 parliamentary elections in the Netherlands were conducted in a professional manner and characterized by a high level of public confidence in the election administration, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends in its final report that
OSCE supports training of cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia on using the Python programming language in investigations
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
A five-day regional training course for 16 cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia focusing on using the Python programming language for the retrieval of digital evidence, started on 5 June 2017 in Tbilisi...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports discussion on risks of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
More than 70 representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies, the State Service for the Execution of Punishment (SSEP), the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, the expert community and international organizations discussed the issues of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities on 2 June 2017 in Bishkek...
OSCE supports regional summer school for young environmental leaders in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
Some 35 students from the five Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan will attend an OSCE-supported annual summer school in Almaty from 5 June to 16 June 2017 on methods and tools for assessing and monitoring water and land resources in the Central Asian region...
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes exhibition showing youth’s artwork on preventing violent extremism and dealing with the past
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
An art exhibition supported by the OSCE Presence in Albania is on show at the Fine Arts Gallery (FAB) in Tirana from 5 June 2017 to 12 June 2017 featuring the best entries submitted to the OSCE Presence by students of the Tirana University Faculty of Fine Arts on the themes of ‘Radicalization’ and ‘Dealing with the past’...
Rules for administrative detention of migrants the focus of OSCE/ODIHR, Council of Europe consultation meeting with National Preventive Mechanism representatives in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 2 June 2017
Representatives of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) from OSCE participating States and Council of Europe member States discussed a draft compilation of European rules related to the administrative detention of migrants at a consultative meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic