News and press releases

Draft amendments to the Montenegrin Criminal Code were presented to representatives of relevant institutions at a roundtable discussion held on 10 December 2012 in Podgorica...

The OSCE Centre in Astana supported a roundtable meeting on sexual harassment on 7 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, concluded her visit to the Atyrau Region in west Kazakhstan on 6 December 2012 where she met with the region’s Akim (governor) Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, and civil society representatives...

Montenegro’s participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council, the right to restitution, and human rights protection in penitentiary system were the three topics discussed at an OSCE-supported event in Podgorica to mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2012...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan held a conference in Tashkent on 3 December 2012 where parliamentarians, representatives of ministries, scientists and farmers discussed a new law drafted by a group of specialists and Uzbek parliamentarians aimed at establishing agricultural co-operatives...

Representatives of state authorities, international organizations and embassies discussed the development of national human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan and their efficiency, as well as co-ordination with international institutions at a roundtable event in Astana on International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2012...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje provided support for an international conference on 7 December 2012 to promote anti-corruption activities and to discuss related challenges...