News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE encourages the Azerbaijani government to facilitate the registration of the Election Monitoring Centre
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
BAKU, 15 May 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku issued a statement today to express regret over the 14 May decision of Azerbaijan's Khatai District Court to cancel the registration of the Election Monitoring Centre, a local civil society organization...
First OSCE meeting on legal reform held in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
ASHGABAD, 15 May 2008- The first in a series of OSCE workshops aimed at providing lawmakers in Turkmenistan with tools for an effective legal reform process ended today in Ashgabad...
OSCE Chairman welcomes appointment of new head of Organization's human rights body
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
HELSINKI, 15 May 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to appoint Janez Lenarcic of Slovenia as the head of the Organization's human rights body...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police learn about democratic means to maintain public order
Publishing date: 15 May 2008
BISHKEK, 15 May 2008- Helping police officers learn how they can maintain public order with democratic methods was the purpose of OSCE-organized courses offered to more than 250 police officers, the last of which concluded today...
Combating human trafficking, migrant smuggling in Central Asia focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
TASHKENT, 14 May 2008- Building capacity of national criminal justice systems in Central Asia and improving co-operation and information exchange between investigative agencies and central authorities are the aims of a workshop in Tashkent today...
OSCE Warsaw conference to discuss role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
WARSAW, 14 May 2008- A conference on the role of constitutional justice in protecting human rights and upholding the rule of law in the OSCE region opened in Warsaw today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains officials on maintaining humane conditions in prisons, holding cells
Publishing date: 14 May 2008
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 14 May 2008- A training course on protecting human rights in situations involving deprivation of liberty, organized by the OSCE Mission and the Council of Europe for government officials, will begin Thursday...