News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR final report calls for comprehensive electoral reform in Uzbekistan, offers recommendations to assist
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
The review of limitations on fundamental rights, the harmonization of electoral laws and the removal of restrictions on the rights of individuals to vote and run as candidates are some of the main recommendations contained in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and
OSCE Secretary General briefs 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier briefed the 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on 14 March 2017 in Vienna, highlighting the OSCE’s activities in tackling the world drug problem...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Police women officers on operational command duties
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
The OSCE Mission and the Association of Kosovo Police Women organized a five-day training course on operational commanders’ duties for senior female police officers. The training course, attended by 14 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants – heads of different units within the Kosovo Police- was held from 13 to 17 March 2017 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Austria’s repeat second round of presidential election conducted in an efficient and professional manner, measures recommended to strengthen election administration and postal voting
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
While concluding that the 4 December 2016 repeat second round of the Austrian presidential election was professionally and efficiently administered and the legal framework provided a sound basis for the conduct of democratic elections, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE further supports Constitutional Court of Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
PODGORCA, 15 March 2017 – The head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Maryse Daviet, and the programme manager of the mission’s rule of law and human rights programme, Robert Kucharski, met with the president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, Dragoljub Draskovic, on 15 March in Podgorica...
OSCE launches new series of anti-trafficking training seminars for law enforcement officers and social workers across Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 March 2017
Some 35 law-enforcement officers and social workers took part in the first in a series of four training seminars on anti-trafficking practices and procedures in Kyzylorda, Kazakshtan, on 16 March 2017...
OSCE training course on drafting of indictments and appeals in war crimes cases concluded in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 10 March 2017
A two-day training course on legal drafting and review of indictments, appeals and other motions in war crimes cases, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centre of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded on 10 March in Sarajevo...