News and press releases

On 29 May 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan conducted an awareness-raising session on the role of youth against corruption. The session was delivered for students of the Faculty of Diplomacy and Politics of the Academy who specialize in international relations.

The Swedish OSCE Chairpersonship organized a seminar on 1 June 2021 to discuss the opportunities offered by the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in the realm of conflict resolution within the OSCE. The event offered the opportunity to highlight the benefits of the OSCE Court and to describe its mechanisms and procedures. Panel discussions focused on how to overcome the current challenges for the OSCE Court to become fully activated.

Multiple interrogations, lack of psychological support, lengthy proceedings, these are just a few of the problems children face in Ukraine’s criminal justice system according to a new OSCE-supported report presented on 1 June 2021.

Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.

VIENNA, 1 June 2021 — Tackling drug trafficking and its links with other forms of organized crime requires a co-ordinated and co-operative approach, said participants at the opening of this year’s OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors being held online today.

Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 28 and 30 May, the SMM recorded 97 ceasefire violations, including eleven explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 383 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 28 and 30 May, the Mission

An OSCE-supported three-day online training webinar on parallel financial investigations and the role of cryptocurrencies during cybercrime investigations, concluded on 28 May 2021...