News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Annual Meeting of the Focal Points of Police Academies Network
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
Good practices, challenges and lessons learned in law enforcement training and education, in particular with regard to the impact of modern technology and the role of women, is the focus of the second meeting of OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN), which brought together more than 40 participants to Vienna on 20 November 2019...
OSCE workshop in Baku explores how to improving co-operation between private and public sectors in fighting cybercrime
Publishing date: 19 November 2019
Representatives from Azerbaijan’s Government, the Council of Europe, Facebook, Microsoft, the Austrian Institute of Technology and Ordina Belgium, among others, participated in a workshop on how to enhance co-operation between the private and public sector to fight cybercrime on 19 November 2019 in Baku...
OSCE train-the-trainer regional seminar aims to build capacities of women civil society leaders in South-Eastern Europe to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Fifteen representatives of civil society and OSCE field operations from across South-Eastern Europe participated in a regional train-the-trainer seminar for future facilitators of courses tailored for women leaders on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. The seminar, held in Belgrade from 11 to 16 November 2019, was organized by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE helps fostering youth co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
From 12 to 15 November 2019, fifteen Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) alumni from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took part in a seminar on constructive dialogue and regional co-operation in Kosh-kol, Kyrgyzstan...
The right to defense focus of OSCE-supported national forum of defence lawyers
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
The fourth National Forum of Defence Lawyers took place on 15 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, the NGO Legal Policy Research Centre, and the National Bar Association.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro presents results of “Prevention of early marriages among vulnerable groups” project
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
The results of the project on prevention of early marriages among vulnerable groups were presented at an event organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 14 November 2019 in Podgorica.
Hate crime victims disadvantaged by gaps between hate crime legislation and implementation, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
WARSAW, 15 November 2019 – Marking the International Day for Tolerance on 16 November with the publication of its annual hate crime dataset, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) urges countries to implement hate crime legislation that has existed on their law books for many years...