News and press releases

The second training course on good practices in interviewing victims of human trafficking, organized as part of an OSCE project, was held from 28 to 31 October 2019 in Kyiv for Ukrainian officials working in this area...

A four-day training course on "Combatting Cybercrime and Conducting Digital Investigations" for professionals concluded on 31 October 2019 in Tashkent. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of the country with the support of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Secretariat.

Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. The SMM observed further withdrawal of forces and hardware from the Zolote disengagement area. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission

VIENNA, 31 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, stressed today the need to protect journalists and prosecute those responsible for crimes committed against them, on the occasion of the upcoming International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists...

VIENNA, 31 October 2019 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli appealed today to strengthen co-operation between all OSCE institutions in an effort to close the gap between what governments have committed to and what they do in practice...

Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report and recommendations of the assessment mission to the 6 October 2018 parliamentary elections in Latvia. ODIHR experts reiterated their earlier assessment that the elections were

Anti-corruption performance indicators based on benchmarks of international standards and good practices were the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop on 30 and 31 October 2019 in Paris...