News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Trial monitoring in administrative courts topic of new ODIHR handbook
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
A new publication to aid legal professionals and civil society in trial monitoring was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 2 October 2013...
OSCE supports jazz workshop and concerts in Tiraspol and Comrat
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
Ethno-Jazz Festival is one of the largest annual cultural events in Moldova. In 2013, the geographic scope of the Festival was expanded to cover for the first time Tiraspol and Comrat where OSCE –supported jazz workshops and concerts took place on 27 and 28 September...
OSCE holds roundtable meeting in Tajikistan on terrorist use of explosives
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
Improving the control of explosive substances to hinder access to them by terrorists was the topic of a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 1 October 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for presidential election in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 2 October 2013
DUSHANBE, 2 October 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan...
Rights of human trafficking victims discussed by OSCE Special Representative, legal experts, in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, and a group of legal experts underscored the importance of protecting trafficking victims’ rights during a side event at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2013...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports training seminar on combating laundering of drug trafficking proceeds
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 1 October 2013 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized with the Ministry of Internal Affairs a four-day training seminar on the legislative framework to combat money laundering derived from drug trafficking which began today in Almaty...
OSCE conference participants make recommendations on improving media environment in South East Europe
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
From 18 to 20 September 2013, more than 180 journalists, representatives of civil society, government and academics, along with international experts, gathered in Tirana, Albania, to take part in the 3rd South East Europe Media Conference...