News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports debate on media coverage of local elections
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a discussion on 6 March 2013 on party-political and inter-ethnic issues in the media coverage ahead of the 24 March local elections...
ODIHR meeting examines role of monitoring in ensuring respect for human rights of security sector personnel
Publishing date: 5 March 2013
The importance of monitoring the armed forces to ensure that the human rights of security sector personnel are protected was the focus of a two-day meeting in Warsaw, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 4 and 5 March 2013...
Confidence- and security-building on agenda at OSCE Implementation and Assessment Meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 March 2013
The 23rd Annual Implementation and Assessment Meeting will take place in Vienna from 5 to 6 March 2013 to review how confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) are being implemented...
OSCE Office in Baku conducts training on implementing new law on the rights of detainees
Publishing date: 2 March 2013
From 28 February to 2 March 2013, the OSCE Office in Baku is holding a training session on complying with the rights of suspects and accused persons in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards, including the European Convention on Human Rights...
Code of Conduct in Arabic
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
An Arabic translation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security is now available.
Progress made in Serbia-Romania dialogue on minority issues in consultations facilitated by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
On 28 February and 1 March 2013, delegations from the Serbian and Romanian Governments met for the second time in the Netherlands for informal consultations under the auspices of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Ambassador Knut Vollebaek...
OSCE trains Montenegrin court officials in preventing corruption
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Eighteen presidents of Montenegrin courts and three members of the Judicial Council attended a two-day seminar on court management from 28 February to 1 March 2013 in Becici, as part of a training programme for members of the judiciary on fighting corruption...