News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes webinar aimed at strengthening Moldovan ombudsperson’s work on human rights on the left bank
Publishing date: 1 November 2022
Almost thirty representatives of the Moldovan ombudsperson’s (People’s Advocate) institution participated in a two-day human rights webinar, organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 25 and 26 October 2022. The participants discussed the institution’s possibilities to increase efficiency of their
Ways to improve the national mechanism of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims is the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 15 October 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop to discuss practical ways to improve the national legal and institutional mechanisms of rehabilitation and compensation of crime victims in Moldova took place from 9 to 11 October 2019 in Chisinau. Thirty-five representatives of the justice, prosecution, health and finance state institutions, as well as relevant parliamentary committees participated in the event. The workshop was organized in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice.
OSCE works to enlarge number of trained specialists counselling victims of domestic violence in all regions of Moldova
Publishing date: 11 June 2019
Forty psychologists and social workers from NGOs and shelters specialized in counselling victims of domestic violence participated in two OSCE-supported workshops in Tiraspol from 3 to 5 June and in Ribnita from 6 to 8 June 2019. They learned about best practices in assisting women in managing trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder...
Domestic violence care professionals from Transdniestria and Gagauzia complete OSCE-supported workshop on how to support violence victims
Publishing date: 28 August 2018
Twenty domestic violence care professionals from Transdniestria and Gagauzia learned how to break the cycle of abuse in a co-dependent relationship at an OSCE-supported workshop in the left-bank city of Tiraspol from 23 to 25 August 2018...
OSCE-supported event contributes to provision of legal aid to vulnerable persons in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 April 2016
Twenty-one law students and three consultants from the National Legal Aid Council took part in a training event organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 14 to 16 April 2016 on delivering primary legal aid to vulnerable persons...
OSCE active in case of sentenced Transdniestrian, Chairperson says
Publishing date: 10 February 2011
CHISINAU, 10 February 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, said today that the Chairmanship is working and will continue to work actively in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Moldova through diplomatic channels on the case of Ilya Kazak, sentenced yesterday in Transdniestria on treason charges– and the related case of Ernest Vardanyan...
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...