News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR brings together Central Asian reform leaders at Tashkent forum to develop human-rights based criminal justice systems
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Around 100 policy- and lawmakers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and other parts of the OSCE region discussed current challenges and good practices in criminal justice reform at a forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes workshop on reviewing justice sector reform
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Justice, held a practical workshop on 15 November 2016 for 34 representatives of state institutions, civil society and international organizations on how to accurately evaluate progress on justice reforms...
Ukraine’s government adopts OSCE-supported Concept for developing E-services
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 16 November 2016 adopted a Concept for the development of E-services, which was elaborated with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE supports training seminar on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 40 representatives of Kazakhstan’s government authorities, self-regulatory bodies as well as Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions took place on 18 November 2016 in Astana...
Quality data essential to countering hate crime and intolerance against Muslims, say Austrian civil society participants in OSCE/ODIHR training
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
Enhancing the capacity of Austrian civil society groups working on intolerance against Muslims to monitor, report and respond to hate crimes was the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 15 and 16 November in Vienna. “Good qualitative
Commentary on Montenegro’s gender equality law presented by OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights presented their Commentary on the country’s Law on Gender Equality on 16 November 2016 in Podgorica...
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Skopje for judges, prosecutors and investigators focuses on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 16 November 2016
Countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes was the focus of a two-day regional workshop organized in Skopje on 16-17 November 2016 by the OSCE in co-operation with the National Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors...