News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Skopje Mission conducts training for judiciary in effective prosecution of human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 1 April 2004
SKOPJE, 1 April 2004- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje is bringing together law enforcement officers, prosecutors and investigative judges for a three-day workshop on techniques used in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases...
New OSCE Mission report examines Kosovo's municipal court system
Publishing date: 30 March 2004
PRISTINA, 30 March 2004- A survey of Kosovo's justice system published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo offers recommendations to further develop the municipal court system, both in terms of fairness and efficiency...
OSCE Chairman encourages Bosnian officials to go ahead with education and defence reform
Publishing date: 29 March 2004
SARAJEVO, 29 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, highly appreciated the political stability in the country and the progress achieved in the implementation of the Peace Agreements...
OSCE/ODIHR to increase efforts to bring human rights education to vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 26 March 2004
VIENNA/WARSAW, 26 March 2004- The OSCE's human rights body will increase its efforts to ensure that human rights education reaches vulnerable groups, such as Roma and Sinti, and will continue to include a gender perspective in all such education...
OSCE Centre organizes study tour for Uzbek prison staff
Publishing date: 9 March 2004
TASHKENT, 9 March 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent has organised a trip for Uzbek prison staff to Kazakhstan this week to enable them to learn more about prison training facilities...
OSCE pilot policing project presented in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 March 2004
BISHKEK, 5 March 2004- A pioneering OSCE project on community policing for Kyrgyzstan was presented with the launch of a local computer network at a Bishkek police station. Within the framework of the project, the Pervomayiskyi district...
OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro supports reform of Civil Procedure Code
Publishing date: 26 February 2004
BELGRADE, 26 February 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Supreme Court of Serbia will hold a roundtable in the city of Nis on reform of the Civil Procedure Code on 26 and 27 Feb...