News and press releases

A specialized training course on trial advocacy in war crimes cases, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in co-operation with the BiH Ministry of Justice Criminal Defence Section and the entity Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centres, concluded on 20 October 2017 in Sarajevo...

Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise in Belgrade on 19 and 20 October 2017, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia...

TASHKENT, 19 October 2017 – The authorities in Central Asia must release all journalists interned in the region, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir in his opening remarks at the 19th Central Asia Media Conference, “Open Journalism in Central Asia”, which concluded in Tashkent today...

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number in Luhansk region compared with the previous reporting period. The SMM followed up on reports of civilian casualties from the Trudivski area of Donetsk city’s Petrovskyi district, Amvrosiivka and Zalizne. The SMM continued monitoring all three disengagement areas and recorded ceasefire violations near the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area. Its access remained restricted in all three areas.* The Mission observed a probable mortar and a probable surface-to-air missile system in violation of withdrawal lines in an area under government control near Hranitne. It facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance to power lines in Druzhba and the Donetsk Filtration Station. The Mission visited a border area not under government control. The SMM monitored gatherings in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa...

A two-day training workshop on good practices in the integration of migrants at the local level in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards took place in Dublin on 18 and 19 October 2017. The event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

VIENNA, 19 October 2017 – In a consensus decision today by the OSCE Permanent Council, the 57 participating States agreed to extend the mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk by three months to 31 January 2018...

On the occasion of the European Union’s Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October 2017, a two-day training course concluded on 19 October for over 20 judges and prosecutors on the role and use of information technology in trafficking in human beings. The course, held in Konjic, was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Centres for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training in the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)...