News and press releases

SARAJEVO, 27 May 2017 – The Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Tolerance conducted a country visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended in Sarajevo yesterday.

The SMM’s operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission’s observations. The SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk region compared with the previous reporting period. It recorded more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.

The SMM’s operations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained restricted following the fatal incident of 23 April near Pryshyb; these restrictions continued to limit the Mission’s observations. The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region – including, however, fewer explosions – compared with the previous reporting period. It recorded more ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. The Mission monitored the disengagement areas near Zolote and heard one explosion assessed as outside the Stanytsia Luhanska area. Its access remained restricted there and elsewhere.* The SMM visited a border area not under government control. The Mission observed almost 40 trucks- some marked with “Humanitarian Aid from the Russian Federation”- travelling towards Makiivka in Donetsk region and moving east near Teple in Luhansk region.

BELGRADE, 26 May 2017 – Identifying ways in which prosecutors’ associations can contribute to professional accountability and advancement of ethical standards in their work is the focus of the Third Global Forum of International Associations of Prosecutors, which opened today in Belgrade...

Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 May 2017 – The third Youth and Security Summer School, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded on 26 May in Konjic. The aim of the Summer School, which gathered 25 law, political and security studies students from across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), is to educate youth about security policy, security sector reform and good governance in the security sector...

DUSHANBE, 26 May 2017 – Ten Kyrgyz Border Service and ten Tajik Border Troops Officers completed today a three-week training-of-trainers (TofT) course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The advanced training course for a limited number of border officers who had already attended basic patrol leadership course served to develop their skills and abilities to teach and transfer knowledge further within their respective services and training institutions...

SARAJEVO, 25 May – The newly established OSCE Mobile Training Team for the identification of foreign terrorist fighters delivered its first on-site interactive training course from 23 to 25 May in Sarajevo. During the three-day event, 22 border officers from airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina learned how to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters at the border crossing points in compliance with international human rights standards.