News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports discussions on the case-law of European Court of Human Rights among Ukrainian legal professionals
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
More than a hundred legal professionals gathered in Lviv to participate in the International Forum on the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, organized jointly by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the law faculty of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv...
Serbian translation of OSCE-UNECE handbook of best practices at border crossings launched
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
The Serbian translation of the Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings – A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective, developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), was presented on 24 November 2014 at a high-level launch event in Belgrade...
OSCE Centre trains police officers on document security in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
A four-day OSCE-supported training seminar for Kazakhstan’s police officers on document integrity and advanced methods to detect document forgery began on 24 November 2014 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan...
Second OSCE BMSC Cross-Border Research Conference concludes with field trip to Tajik-Afghan border
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
The OSCE Border Management Staff College’s Second Cross-Border Research Conference, this year focusing on border security in the era of globalization and the challenges of migration, concluded on 21 November 2014 with a field trip to the Tajik-Afghan border...
High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights access to education, situation in Crimea in her statement to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors highlighted access to higher education by national minorities and human rights abuses in Crimea in her statement to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 20 November 2014...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 20 November 2014
Publishing date: 21 November 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC)...
OSCE helps Ukrainian law enforcement educational institutions to improve teaching of cybercrime investigation
Publishing date: 21 November 2014
Twenty teachers from educational institutions of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies enhanced their knowledge and skills in the area of investigating ICT-related crimes,during a five-day intensive train-the-trainer course that ends on 21 November 2014, in Kyiv...