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OSCE conducts additional training for senior police in Khujand on victim-centered response to domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in co-operation with the Public Order Protection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, conducted a two-day training course from 11 to 12 June 2025 in Khujand, Sughd region. The event follows a similar training held in May in the Khatlon region.
Protecting Childhood: OSCE Hosts Roundtable on Early Marriages and Child Labour
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
12 June 2025, Sarajevo – On the World Day Against Child Labour, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a roundtable in Sarajevo titled “Challenges and Gaps in the Institutional Response to Child Labour and Early Marriages”, aimed at strengthening protections for vulnerable children,
OSCE enhances Ukrainian border guards’ expertise in passport security paper
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department conducted an online training course from 10 to 11 June, where document experts from Greece and the United Kingdom helped Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service learn more about the security elements of passport paper and its production.
OSCE Chairperson Valtonen concludes visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, stresses need for regional co-operation on joint challenges
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 12 June 2025 –OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen concluded her visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, reinforcing the OSCE’s commitment to supporting the countries in strengthening regional co-operation and the Organization’s enduring partnership with the region.
OSCE encourages adoption of the Draft Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) welcomes the submission of the Draft Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including crucial corrections and modifications introduced by MP Pedrag Kojović, which is scheduled to be considered at today’s session of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
125th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting held in Ergneti
Publishing date: 11 June 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 11 June 2025 – The 125th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) convened today in Ergneti. The meeting was co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), Bettina Patricia Boughani, and the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Christoph Späti.
Mission facilitates participation of Parliament representatives in ODIHR workshop on gender equality
Publishing date: 11 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitated the participation of three representatives of the Parliament of Montenegro in the ODIHR workshop “Realizing Gender Equality in and by Parliaments.” The workshop, which was held from 3 to 4 June in Helsinki, was organized on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action.