News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps mainstream human rights into training for police officers in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 8 August 2012
TASHKENT, 8 August 2012- A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar for police officers promoting awareness of the international human rights standards and role of the police in ensuring and protecting human rights opened in Tashkent today...
OSCE organizes leadership summer school for young women from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river
Publishing date: 6 August 2012
CHISINAU, 6 August 2012 – Having women in leadership positions is key to women’s empowerment and a precondition for any country’s prosperity, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, today as she inaugurated the 2012 Summer School of Leadership for young women in Vadul Lui Voda...
OSCE media freedom representative issues legal analysis of Moldova digitalization plan
Publishing date: 3 August 2012
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, presented on 3 August 2012 to the Moldovan government a legal analysis of the proposed plan to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting in Moldova...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports opening of information centre, library for police trainees
Publishing date: 3 August 2012
An interactive information centre and a library established with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia opened in the Basic Police Training Centre in Sremska Kamenica on 3 August 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for pardon of journalist imprisoned in Serbia
Publishing date: 2 August 2012
VIENNA, 2 August 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called upon Serbia’s president, Tomislav Nikolić, to pardon journalist Laszlo Szasz, following his imprisonment for insult...
OSCE trains Transdniestrian lawyers on European Court of Human Rights
Publishing date: 1 August 2012
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event on the European Court of Human Rights for 25 lawyers, civil society representatives and journalists from Transdniestria from 27 to 29 July 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Serbia’s elections notes respect for fundamental freedoms, recommends steps to further enhance transparency of election process
Publishing date: 31 July 2012
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Serbia’s parliamentary and early presidential elections, held on 6 and 20 May 2012, concludes that they were characterized by a respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, and offers recommendations on enhancing the transparency of the election process...