News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Secretary General: Kosovo election process “significant step forward”
Publishing date: 1 December 2013
VIENNA, 1 December 2013 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has welcomed the peaceful and orderly voting in the municipal election in Kosovo as a “significant step towards confidence and security.”
OSCE successfully concludes election facilitation in four northern Kosovo municipalities
Publishing date: 1 December 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 1 December 2013 – Following the completion of the second round of mayoral elections in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and the re-vote at three polling stations in Zvečan/Zveçan, the OSCE successfully concluded its election facilitation in the four northern Kosovo municipalities...
Protecting human rights during counter-terrorism investigations focus of new OSCE/ODIHR manual
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
A new manual for law enforcement officers on protecting and respecting human rights during counter-terrorism investigations was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit in Vienna on 29 November 2013...
Journalists’ safety in Ukraine must be ensured, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
VIENNA, 29 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned new attacks on journalists in Ukraine.
Law students, legal professionals learn about European Court of Human Rights’ case law with OSCE support
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
More than 100 law students and legal professionals learned about the recent and topical case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at an international event held in Lviv in western Ukraine from 29 November to 1 December 2013, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE promotes inter-agency dialogue on prevention of trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Preventing human trafficking in Kyrgyzstan and enhancing inter-agency cooperation was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting held on 29 November 2013 in Bishkek...
ODIHR trains Montenegrin police in recognizing and investigating hate crimes
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
ODIHR launched a training programme to help Montenegrin law-enforcement officers better recognize, understand and investigate hate crimes with a three-day course that ended on 29 November 2013 in Podgorica...