News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes training on oratory skills mastery for media trainers in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 19 October 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), in co-operation with the Public Foundation for Support and Development of National Mass Media, is organizing a training course from 19 to 22 October 2020 to enhance the skills of media trainers and other media representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE organizes regional workshop on intelligence-led policing for law enforcement agencies in Central Asian States
Publishing date: 16 October 2020
The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (SPMU), in co-operation with local field operations, organized a regional training workshop on intelligence-led policing (ILP) on 15 and 16 October 2020 for senior representatives of Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek law enforcement agencies...
OSCE co-hosts a series of events on freedom of religion or belief in co-operation with OSCE/ODIHR and the Government of Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
A two-day series of online events on the nature, status and scope of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief for all (FoRB) as enshrined in international standards and the OSCE human dimension commitments concluded on 14 October 2020. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized the events targeted for Uzbekistan state officials. The series also included a briefing on the OSCE/ODIHR Freedom of Religion or Belief and on Security Policy Guidance...
Parliamentary oversight of the security sector discussed at OSCE workshop for deputies of Uzbekistan’s parliament
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
The role of parliament in oversight of the security sector in Uzbekistan was the focus of an OSCE event in Tashkent on 8 October 2020. Twenty members of the Oliy Majlis (parliament), coming from both the Legislative Chamber and the Senate, took part in the event. The workshop was organized, in a blended format, jointly by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, and supported by speakers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
Role of Parliament in enhancing the framework of the National Preventive Mechanism in Uzbekistan discussed at OSCE-supported event
Publishing date: 7 October 2020
On 6 October 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supported the organization of an online seminar on the role of the Parliament in enhancing the legal framework on the prevention of torture within the National Preventive Mechanism. This activity is part of the broader framework of the National Strategy for Human Rights, adopted this year by Uzbekistan...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan provides humanitarian aid
Publishing date: 6 October 2020
On 6 October 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) handed over ultraviolet (UV) antibacterial system equipment to the Scientific Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan as part of pandemic-related aid...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan hosts high-level event on the occasion of International Day on Universal Access to Information
Publishing date: 29 September 2020
On 28 September 2020, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) organized a high-level conference to mark International Day on Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). The event was organized in co-operation with the Public Foundation for Support and Development of National Mass Media.