News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro initiates campaign on “16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence”
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Human and Minority Rights Ministry, launched on 25 November 2016 the campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence". The campaign was introduced in Podgorica at a conference gathering the main partners in the fight against gender based violence...
Annual Donors Forum organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova held in Chisinau
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held its traditional Donors Forum for Transdniestrian civil society organizations on 29 November 2016 in Chisinau. This annual event gives donors and civil society organizations the opportunity to exchange information about their upcoming plans and priorities. It was attended by more than 80 participants and brought together a wide-range of initiative groups and non-governmental organisations from Transdniestria, with international agencies and embassies that are actively engaged as donors in Moldova.
Expert meeting on strengthening independence of national human rights institutions in OSCE region concludes in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
More than 30 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), international organizations and academia took part in an expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2016.
Judges trained on environmental matters at OSCE event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil cases took place on 29 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
As Republic of Moldova drafts its first Holocaust Action Plan, OSCE Mission supports Moldovan delegation at IHRA plenary
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
From 6 to 10 November, the OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in Iasi, Romania. A priority for the delegation was to receive input for the first ever Moldovan Holocaust Action Plan, by drawing on best practices from other countries’ experiences. Romania in particular provided helpful insights to the Moldovan delegation, including by hosting a visit to the Iasi Jewish cemetery and to a former Holocaust killing site, which now serves as a museum.
Training seminar series for defence lawyers on new criminal procedure legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
An OSCE-supported series of two-day training seminars defence lawyers, aimed at enhancing their understanding as well as common interpretation and implementation of the new criminal procedure legislation concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 26 November 2016...
OSCE helps Ukraine’s border guard and state security personnel enhance knowledge and skills on fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Thirty experts from Ukraine’s agencies responsible for border security refined their skills and knowledge of fighting terrorism by using risk and criminal analysis at a two-week course for trainers, organized in Khmelnytsky by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 14 to 25 November 2016...