News and press releases

A three-day OSCE-supported national workshop on the prevention, detection and suppression of corruption-related crimes in Kazakhstan concluded on 25 July 2014 in Astana...

At an event in Podgorica held on 22 July 2014, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented the book “Civil Aspects of Protection of Individual Rights and Freedom of the Media”...

The establishment of a national torture prevention mechanism in accordance with international standards was the focus of a three-days training course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Office of the Ombudsperson, in Tashkent, from 22 to 24 July 2014.

OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Kyiv from 21 to 23 July 2014. He met with the head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and his staff to discuss their work in light of recent developments in the east of Ukraine. Zannier, on behalf of the Organization and its participating States, thanked the SMM staff for their hard work and courage displayed in increasingly difficult circumstances...

VIENNA, 23 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the abduction of freelance journalist Anton Skiba in Donetsk and called for his immediate release...

VIENNA, 22 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a court ruling in Armenia that forces media outlets to disclose their sources of information...

A two-day training seminar aimed at enhancing prosecutors’ knowledge and skills in dealing with, and resolving disputes was held on 21 and 22 July 2014 in Astana...