News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Stronger responses to sexual and gender-based violence in focus at OSCE/ODIHR training course for Ukrainian police educators and officers
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
Effective responses to sexual and gender-based violence was the topic of a train-the-trainers course in Odessa that brought together police educators and officers from all over Ukraine on 1 and 2 December 2016.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports roundtable discussion on identifying the training needs of parliamentary staff
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a roundtable discussion in the Kyrgyz capital on 2 December 2016 focusing on the results of a needs assessment study by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (APAPKR) to identify the training requirements of parliamentary staff. It is first time Kyrgyzstan has conducted this kind of assessment since the country’s independence...
Ukrainian police officers trained on human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities at OSCE/ODIHR course in Odessa
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
Effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities was the focus of a two-day training course for 20 Ukrainian police officers, organized by ODIHR from 30 November to 1 December in Odessa, Ukraine.
OSCE workshop promotes establishing Advance Passenger Information (API) system in Serbia
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, held a three-day workshop in Belgrade from 29 November to 1 December 2016 on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in the country in line with international standards...
Digital platform for public participation with civil society hosted by OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
A civil society forumwith representatives of non-governmental organizations on public participation and active citizenship, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo, was held on 1 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština...
Deteriorating journalists’ safety situation and impunity continue to plague media freedom in the OSCE region, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
VIENNA, 1 December 2016 – Attacks on journalists and impunity for crimes committed against journalists continue to plague media freedom in the OSCE region, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović told the Permanent Council today when she presented her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months...
Health services and medical insurance discussed at OSCE Mission to Moldova’s fourth Human Rights Club
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized its fourth and final event in a year-long series of Human Rights Clubs for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, on 25 November 2016, in Chisinau. The event brought together 46 participants, who discussed ways to better assist clients in accessing health services and medical insurance...