News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Albania’s Electoral Code thorough foundation for elections, improvements still required, say ODIHR and Venice Commission
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Albania’s Electoral Code provides a thorough technical foundation for democratic elections, according to a Joint Opinion by ODIHR and the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission released on 19 December 2011. However, it says that recent experience in the implementation of the Code since its adoption in 2008 shows that a number of improvements are still required...
Latvia’s September elections democratic and pluralistic, but significant numbers face barriers to political participation, concludes ODIHR final report
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Latvia’s early parliamentary elections on 17 September took place in a democratic and pluralistic environment but a significant part of the population continues to face barriers to political participation, the final report released by ODIHR concludes...
ODIHR promotes strengthening independence of Ukraine’s judiciary
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Ukraine's judiciary was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20-21 December 2011 in Kyiv...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for justification of mass arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
VIENNA, 20 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said she was alarmed by the mass arrests of journalists in Turkey today and called for swift investigations...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo initiates dialogue on administrative justice
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
A two-day workshop on administrative justice for representatives of Kosovo’s Ministry of Local Government Administration, Ministry of Public Administration, the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, judges and representatives of judicial and civil service training institutions concluded on 16 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština...
Region’s judicial training chiefs discuss war crimes justice programmes at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Podgorica
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
PODGORICA, 20 December 2011 – Representatives of judicial training institutions from the region met in Podgorica today to discuss how to step up their contribution to achieving justice in war crimes cases by providing effective training to judicial staff involved in such cases...
OSCE Centre supports independent monitoring of freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
BISHKEK, 19 December 2011 – Better implementation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported public discussion that took place in Bishkek today among national authorities, international and national experts, as well as civil society and international organizations representatives...