News and press releases

Best practices in delivering administrative services by public authorities in Ukraine were the focus of an OSCE-supported conference that took place in Kyiv from 2 to 3 December 2013...

More than 100 law students and legal professionals learned about the recent and topical case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at an international event held in Lviv in western Ukraine from 29 November to 1 December 2013, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...

Some 450 judges of administrative courts from across Ukraine were trained in applying provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to better protect the rights of persons in their interactions with the state, during a series of two-day OSCE-supported training sessions conducted during this year...

A roundtable discussion to promote co-operation between Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates in the prevention of human trafficking was held in the country’s capital on 27 November 2013 with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...

ORSHANETS, Ukraine, 27 November 2013 – Border officers, environmental inspectors and other officials took part in an OSCE-supported training exercise today in central Ukraine on detecting radioactive materials and environmentally sensitive commodities at border check-points...

KYIV, 25 November 2013 – As the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is marked and the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” international campaign gets underway today, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) gathered state officials, journalists, and civil society activists at an awareness-raising event in Kyiv...

In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.