News and press releases

An OSCE-supported public council meeting at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss ways to enhance the level of trust between law enforcement and the public took place in Astana on 28 April 2017...

Improving the ability to record, investigate and prosecute hate crimes was the focus of two training-of-trainers events for police officers and prosecutors, respectively, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in Reykjavik this week. The events were part

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan took place in Astana on 28 April 2017...

ASHGABAT, 27 April 2017- An OSCE-organized training course on security procedures at aviation checkpoints and analysing X-ray images for aviation security and law-enforcement personnel concluded today in Ashgabat. The practical training course brought together 19 officials from the Aviation

Twenty-three Finnish police officers, 17 men and six women, participated in a train-the-trainers course organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 25 to 27 April 2017 in Tampere, Finland, as part of its Training against Hate Crime for Law-Enforcement

Twenty-six human rights defenders from across Ukraine worked on effective human rights advocacy strategies and improved their skills in holding dialogue with state authorities and working with the media during a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 24 to 27 April 2017 in Odesa.

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana facilitated the participation of two members of Kazakhstan’s Parliament at an international seminar on water facilities safety in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, on 26 and 27 April 2017...