News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine helps journalists’ trade unions to enhance safety network
Publishing date: 12 September 2014
Twenty-eight journalists from across Ukraine were trained on safe and responsible reporting in hostile and crisis situations on 11 September 2014 in Kyiv. The training course, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), was held upon the request of the National Union of Journalists and the Independent Media Trade Union...
OSCE helps Ukraine to incorporate international mechanisms of human rights protection into education curriculum for judges
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
A working group of professional legal trainers gathered on 3 September 2014 in Tatariv, in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region, to begin developing a national standard for judicial education on how to apply the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the Strasbourg Court in national legal practice...
OSCE-supported summer schools help Ukrainian judges improve knowledge of international mechanisms to protect human rights
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
More than 60 judges of local and administrative courts, and legal professionals from across the country attended two summer schools held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine during July and August 2014 on applying the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the European Court (ECtHR) to uphold the rule of law and strengthening the protection of human rights...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service produce videos to raise awareness about dangers of explosive items
Publishing date: 15 August 2014
KYIV, 15 August 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country’s State Emergency Service (SES) today released two public service audiovisual announcements aimed at informing people and especially children of safety rules in case they encounter potentially dangerous explosive items...
Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMMU) issues first thematic report on Internal displacement in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
This report presents views on displacement and future expectations of around 400 internally displaced persons, interviewed by the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) in thirteen Ukrainian regions between 18 June and 19 July 2014.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00hrs, 5 August 2014
Publishing date: 6 August 2014
The SMM accompanied investigators who accessed the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17. Ukrainian soldiers/border guards crossed into the Russian Federation after coming under attack from militants and having run out of supplies, and later, having returned to Ukraine through a different border crossing point, allegedly came under fire in the Donetsk region. There have been protests in several locations against alleged police brutality.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s Constitutional Court sign agreement to foster human rights protection, rule of law
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
Yurii Baulin, Chairperson of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court and Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signed a Memorandum on Co-operation to streamline future joint efforts to strengthen the rule of law, democratic development, promote international standards in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The signing ceremony took place in Kyiv on 16 July 2014...