News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative concerned about Ukrainian parliament’s call for sanctions against and potential blocking of two television channels
Publishing date: 4 October 2018
VIENNA, 4 October 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his deep concern today about a decision by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, that calls for sanctions against two Ukrainian television channels, which would eventually terminate their activities...
Relationship between e-justice and rule of law the focus of ODIHR seminar in Belarus
Publishing date: 4 October 2018
International rule of law standards related to the use of e-justice mechanisms were the topic of a seminar organized on 4 October 2018 in Minsk for participants from across Belarus. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Institute
Open and transparent parliaments in focus at OSCE/ODIHR event in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2018
Practical measures that can advance parliamentary openness were discussed during an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 4 October 2018 in Bishkek, on the margins of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting. The event, organized in
OSCE Media Representative lauds another key step in investigation of murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, all involved must be prosecuted
Publishing date: 4 October 2018
VIENNA, 4 October 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today welcomed the arrests of four suspects in Kolarovo and Komarno on 27 and 28 September, and the statement by Slovakia’s General Prosecutor that they are getting closer to fully resolving the double murder of the investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnirova...
OSCE workshop on e-commerce concluded in Chisinau
Publishing date: 4 October 2018
A four-day national workshop on trade facilitation for e-commerce bringing together more than 50 representatives from public authorities of Moldova and relevant businesses concluded on 4 October 2018 in Chisinau...
Ukrainian government officials take part in ODIHR workshop on national human rights strategies
Publishing date: 3 October 2018
Monitoring the implementation of national human rights strategies and action plans was the focus of a workshop for Ukrainian civil servants organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 1 to 3 October 2018 in Kyiv.
OSCE Mission to BiH supports annual prosecutorial conference on criminal matters
Publishing date: 3 October 2018
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized two panels – on war crimes and on trafficking in human beings and gender-based violence – at the three-day Annual Prosecutorial Conference on Criminal Matters, held on 1-3 October 2018 in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina...