News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 3 October 2017
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media warns Germany social networks law could have disproportionate effect
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
VIENNA, 4 October 2017 –The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today called on German authorities to ensure that the freedom of expression is safeguarded in the implementation of, the Network Enforcement Act (NEA), a federal law on better law enforcement in social networks which entered into force on 1 October...
Monitoring detention conditions the focus of meeting with National Preventive Mechanism representatives co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR in Vienna
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Discussing new standards for detention conditions and the treatment of prisoners, and elaborating on existing and potential new tools for monitoring places of detention were the key objectives of a meeting with representatives of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) from the OSCE and Council of
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports seminar on strengthening co-operation between prosecutors and police on forensic evidence
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Podgorica, 4 October 2017 – Forensic evidence and the application of modern forensic standards in the judiciary were the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar held on 3 and 4 October in Podgorica. Particular emphasis was placed on the treatment of evidence, forensic analytics, explosions, DNA analysis and crime scene investigation.
Mongolian police officers complete OSCE-supported course on trends and tendencies of organized crime, with focus on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Local police officers from Mongolia completed a week-long OSCE-supported course on trends and tendencies of organized crime, with a specific focus on trafficking in human beings, which took place from 2 to 6 October 2017 in Ulaanbaatar.
The 81st Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 3 October 2017
On 3 October 2017, the 81st Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held in Ergneti. Ambassador Guenther Baechler, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, and Erik Hoeeg, Acting Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), co-facilitated the meeting.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting opens in Andorra with focus on new security challenges
Publishing date: 3 October 2017
ANDORRA LA VELLA, 3 October 2017 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2017 Autumn Meeting, bringing together some 180 parliamentarians from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States, opened today in Andorra with addresses by the OSCE PA President, and the Speaker of Parliament and Prime Minister of Andorra...