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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE human rights office intensifies monitoring of abuses in and around Ukraine as evidence grows
Publishing date: 20 May 2022
WARSAW, 20 May 2022 – As the precarious security situation in Ukraine continues, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is stepping up its monitoring of the impact of the conflict on civilians and prisoners of war for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s military attack in Ukraine almost three months ago.
OSCE trains Central Asian law enforcement experts to combat cybercrime through open source digital forensics
Publishing date: 20 May 2022
Law enforcement experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have improved their capacity to fight cybercrime through a training course organized on 16-20 May by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
25th Anniversary this year, but not the time for celebrations, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
VIENNA, 19 May 2022 – Even though the Mandate she holds sees its 25th Anniversary this year, there is nothing to celebrate, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro in her bi-annual statement to the members of the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Georgia law students win ODIHR’s first moot court competition on the rights of people with disabilities
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
A team of law students from the Free University of Tbilisi has won the final of the moot court competition on the rights of people with disabilities hosted in Warsaw today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The competition was the first of its kind organized by
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports networking of women police officers from Montenegro and North Macedonia
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, supported the organization of a networking meeting between the Women Police Association of Montenegro and women police officers from North Macedonia, on 17 and 18 May 2022 in Skopje.
OSCE strengthens co-operation among human rights and women’s organizations in support of survivors of domestic violence in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
Strengthening co-operation among human rights and women’s organizations providing support services to survivors of gender-based violence to promote the exchange of experience and expertise in Central Asia was the focus of the regional conference held in Dushanbe on 18 and 19 May 2022.
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan strengthen collaboration in youth crime and drug use prevention
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
On 29 April 2022, Almazbek Beishenaliev, Minister of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan, and Alexander Wolters, Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the cooperation in youth crime and drug use prevention.