News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training of cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia on using the Python programming language in investigations
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
A five-day regional training course for 16 cybercrime and digital forensics investigators from Azerbaijan and Georgia focusing on using the Python programming language for the retrieval of digital evidence, started on 5 June 2017 in Tbilisi...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports discussion on risks of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
More than 70 representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies, the State Service for the Execution of Punishment (SSEP), the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, the expert community and international organizations discussed the issues of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities on 2 June 2017 in Bishkek...
OSCE supports regional summer school for young environmental leaders in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
Some 35 students from the five Central Asian countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan will attend an OSCE-supported annual summer school in Almaty from 5 June to 16 June 2017 on methods and tools for assessing and monitoring water and land resources in the Central Asian region...
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes exhibition showing youth’s artwork on preventing violent extremism and dealing with the past
Publishing date: 6 June 2017
An art exhibition supported by the OSCE Presence in Albania is on show at the Fine Arts Gallery (FAB) in Tirana from 5 June 2017 to 12 June 2017 featuring the best entries submitted to the OSCE Presence by students of the Tirana University Faculty of Fine Arts on the themes of ‘Radicalization’ and ‘Dealing with the past’...
Rules for administrative detention of migrants the focus of OSCE/ODIHR, Council of Europe consultation meeting with National Preventive Mechanism representatives in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 2 June 2017
Representatives of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) from OSCE participating States and Council of Europe member States discussed a draft compilation of European rules related to the administrative detention of migrants at a consultative meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic
Representatives of national human rights institutions from OSCE region gain skills and exchange experiences at 2017 NHRI Academy in Poland
Publishing date: 2 June 2017
Representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from 27 OSCE participating States attended the 2017 NHRI Academy, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) from 29 May to 2 June 2017 in Poznan, Poland.
Kyrgyz Border Service Officers complete OSCE Patrol Leadership Course
Publishing date: 2 June 2017
Twenty Kyrgyz Border Service Officers improved their skills in map reading, pathfinding and providing first aid in the field during a course held from 8 May to 2 June 2017 at the Gissar Training Centre in Tajikistan, as part of the third phase of the OSCE’s Patrol Programming and Leadership Project...