News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports series of training seminars on election legislation for administrative and local court judges in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
More than 200 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine participated at the OSCE-supported training seminars on review of election-related disputes, which held from 28 September to 9 October 2015...
OSCE supports administrative justice as cornerstone of rule of law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
The administrative justice must be enshrined in Ukraine’s revised constitution as a means to strengthen rule of law, a range of prominent speakers said at a conference supported by OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s Office, marking the court’s 10thanniversary, on 2 October 2015 in Kyiv...
OSCE autumn school on criminal process aims at enhancing education in Ukraine’s law schools
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
An autumn school in Lviv was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 30 September to 2 October 2015 for law professors from 16 universities across Ukraine with the aim of highlighting the current trends and methodologies on educating criminal procedure law...
Improved exchange of information on victims of human trafficking needed, concludes OSCE-supported working group in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
To improve the efficiency of procedure for granting the status of a victim of trafficking in human beings it is necessary to enhance information exchange between social services and law enforcers, concluded the experts of the working group on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), on 9 September 2015, in Kyiv...
OSCE helps to develop sustainable education system for judges
Publishing date: 7 September 2015
Capacity-building seminar for judges-developers of educational courses and programs on application of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (Court) was held on 27-29 August in Truskavets, a town in Lviv region, western Ukraine...
OSCE facilitates dialogue between judges and advocates on human rights protection in Ukraine
Publishing date: 26 August 2015
A summer school, which gathered 30 Ukrainian judges and advocates, focused on enhancement of their co-operation, skills and knowledge in protection of human rights in line with national laws and international principles, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, was held from 25 to 26 August 2015 in Lviv...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains teachers on educating about human rights principles
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
More than 60 school teachers were trained on teaching about human rights to children and youth during events organized in Odesa and Kharkiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 11 to 20 August 2015...