News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Effective measures to prevent corruption in OSCE region, including Central Asia, discussed at OSCE events in Latvia
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Over the past years, the awareness among political leaders, policy-makers and society at large of the damaging impact of corruption on social cohesion, economic growth, political stability, and security has increased. While many OSCE countries have introduced legal, institutional and policy measures to prevent corruption, the practical implementation and enforcement of these measures still remain a challenge...
OSCE senior gender adviser, in Tajikistan, discusses steps to combat domestic violence, promote equality
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
DUSHANBE 27 June 2012- The OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Miroslava Beham, concluded a four-day visit to Tajikistan today where she discussed with representatives of government and civil society measures to implement the new law on preventing domestic violence and to encourage a greater role for women in public and political life...
OSCE and EU support training of judges and prosecutors in BiH on use of ICTY evidence
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
SARAJEVO, 27 June 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument (TAIEX) of the European Commission completed a two-day training course today for judges and prosecutors in BiH on the ICTY’s Electronic Disclosure Suite (EDS) – an extensive archive of documents and evidence gathered by the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor over several years of war crimes processing...
Project EXPLODE to enhance safety of BiH people by decreasing ammunition and weapons surpluses
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
DOBOJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June 2013- Explosive ordnance and remnants of war destruction (EXPLODE) project was officially launched today in Doboj...
More political will needed to create genuinely free media in Central Asia, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, told journalists and government authorities that it was time to take stock of the challenging media environment in the region as she opened the 15th Central Asia Media Conference in Bishkek on 27 June 2013...
OSCE report links human trafficking and torture
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, on 25 June 2013 launched a ground-breaking research paper that connects human trafficking and torture and other forms of ill-treatment...
CIS Executive Secretary says co-operation must be strengthened in building security community, addressing transnational threats, observing elections
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
VIENNA, 27 June 2013- The Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Sergey Lebedev, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today, highlighted the need to step up co-operation between international organizations in building a security community, addressing transnational threats, including in the context of “Afghanistan post-2014”, and observing elections...