News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports training course for lawyers on legal protection against hate speech
Publishing date: 29 May 2017
An OSCE-supported seminar for lawyers and media lawyers on effective legal protection against hate speech took place in Almaty on 29 May 2017...
OSCE-supported series of regional training courses on gender stereotypes and leadership for young women from rural areas of Tajikistan concludes
Publishing date: 29 May 2017
The last in a series of 12 regional training courses on gender stereotypes and leadership for young women from rural areas conducted by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan’s Democratization Unit concluded on 25 May 2017...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports organization of Third Global Forum of International Associations of Prosecutors
Publishing date: 26 May 2017
BELGRADE, 26 May 2017 – Identifying ways in which prosecutors’ associations can contribute to professional accountability and advancement of ethical standards in their work is the focus of the Third Global Forum of International Associations of Prosecutors, which opened today in Belgrade...
OSCE-supported third youth and security summer school concludes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 May 2017
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 May 2017 – The third Youth and Security Summer School, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded on 26 May in Konjic. The aim of the Summer School, which gathered 25 law, political and security studies students from across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), is to educate youth about security policy, security sector reform and good governance in the security sector...
OSCE conducts training of trainers for border officers of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 May 2017
DUSHANBE, 26 May 2017 – Ten Kyrgyz Border Service and ten Tajik Border Troops Officers completed today a three-week training-of-trainers (TofT) course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The advanced training course for a limited number of border officers who had already attended basic patrol leadership course served to develop their skills and abilities to teach and transfer knowledge further within their respective services and training institutions...
OSCE concludes workshop on use of social media to counter violent extremism and radicalization
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and Kosovo Police concluded on 24 May 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština a two-day workshop on the use of the Internet and social media to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism for the representatives of the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, religious groups, journalists and university students...
Tools to implement revised UN prison rules focus of OSCE/ODIHR and PRI side event at UN Crime Commission meeting
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Penal Reform International (PRI) provided information about tools to promote and implement the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson