News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Dublin OSCE Ministerial Council opens with calls to strengthen work on security community, including on human rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – Foreign ministers and top officials from the 57 OSCE participating States heard calls for further efforts to create a security community based on shared values at the opening of the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports Interior Ministry’s efforts to develop police training system
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
The last of four workshops aimed at improving the Serbian Interior Ministry’s police training system was held in Belgrade on 5 December 2012. Organized throughout November and early December, the workshops were supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Mission, Union of Municipalities hold training for local civil servants on ethics commissions
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
The members of ethics commissions established in seven municipalities throughout Montenegro were in Podgorica on 3 December 2012 for training on their role and powers, as well as on how to handle complaints, including from citizens who wish to remain anonymous...
OSCE foreign ministers to discuss security challenges in Dublin
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
DUBLIN, 5 December 2012 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore today welcomed foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 partner countries arriving in Dublin for the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council which begins tomorrow...
New OSCE/ODIHR handbook on national human rights institutions and gender equality presented at Sarajevo workshop
Publishing date: 4 December 2012
A new publication to highlight the role national human rights institutions can play in protecting and promoting women’s rights and gender equality was presented at a regional expert workshop, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo on 4 December 2012...
Third party intervention in litigation discussed at OSCE-supported event in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 December 2012
The OSCE Office in Yerevan jointly with Armenia’s Chamber of Advocates hosted a discussion on 4 December 2012, in Yerevan, on third party intervention in domestic and international litigation, specifically on the submission of amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) briefs in Armenia...
OSCE/ODIHR reviews Tunisian draft law on independent election commission
Publishing date: 4 December 2012
Tunisia’s draft law on establishing an independent election management body addresses several key issues to the establishment and operation of a permanent and impartial election commission, but there is room for improvement, according to a review released by ODIHR on 4 December 2012...