News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Moldova held the fourth in a series of Civil Society Club meetings in Tiraspol on 19 October 2016. The focus of the discussion was co-operation among civil society partners on ways to better service the community. The event brought together 13 civil society representatives providing social assistance to women, youth and the underprivileged...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized its third event in a year-long series of Human Rights Clubs for lawyers from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River in Tiraspol on 21 October 2016. Thirty-eight participants discussed securing civil documents for their clients as well as the rights and responsibilities of document holders...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a two-day training course on advocacy techniques for 16 representatives of non-governmental organizations with a national minorities focus, mainly from Gagauzia, from 18 to 19 October 2016 in Comrat...

Twenty-five human rights defenders from Eastern and Central Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey learned how to identify, monitor and report human rights violations during a five-day training workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) between 17 and 21 October 2016 in Budva, Montenegro. Participants discussed the challenges they face in their day-to-day work and explored strategies to improve the safety and security of their teams and beneficiaries.

Combating different types of organized crimes, including property crimes and illegal migration with cross-border dimension, was the focus of the OSCE-supported regional exercise that concluded on 21 October 2016 in Skopje...

Fifteen high school students from Durlesti performed a social theatre play about human trafficking and exploitation in connection with migration, supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, on 18 October 2016 in Chisinau...

The sixth and concluding OSCE-supported seminar in a series for judges on protecting the rights of child victims of human trafficking took place on 19 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...