News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo municipalities will have human rights experts, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
PRISTINA, 2 September 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Association of Kosovo Municipalities announced today that human rights experts will be placed in municipal administrations, following, a successful completion of a pilot phase in...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue between civil society institutions, election commissions and media in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2004
BISHKEK, 30 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek has supported an initiative of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan and the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society to hold a conference focused on establishing an open public dialogue...
Future lawyers of Uzbekistan attend OSCE Centre training on human rights
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
TASHKENT, 10 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the American Bar Association launched a summer school for 24 law students to enhance practical legal skills of future lawyers. The 12-day training programme in Charvak will also help to improve...
OSCE Mission provides international human rights training to judges from Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
BELGRADE, 30 July 2004- Thirty judges depart Belgrade on Sunday to attend a two-week training course on International Human Rights at the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative Institute in Prague. The project is part...
OSCE events focus on probation reform in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 July 2004
BISHKEK/WARSAW, 20 July 2004-An OSCE-conference held in Bishkek on 19 and 20 July focused on reform of Kyrgyzstan's probation service, including the possibility of transferring this service from the Interior to the Justice Ministry...
OSCE Presence donates computer equipment to Albanian Court for Serious Crimes
Publishing date: 15 July 2004
TIRANA, 15 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania delivered 19 desktop computers with monitors and three laser printers to the Court for Serious Crimes, an Albanian institution which became operational at the beginning of 2004. Yesterday's delivery...
OSCE Mission welcomes Italy-Serbia co-operation in fighting organized crime
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
BELGRADE, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the signing of an agreement between the National Anti-Mafia Bureau of Italy and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Serbia, together with the Organized Crimes...