News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia expresses condolences over death of police officer Goran Đorđević
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
BELGRADE, 23 October 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, expressed condolences today to the family, friends and colleagues of police officer Goran Đorđević and to the Serbian police service for the loss of one of its own...
Responding to hate crimes theme of OSCE seminar for prosecutors, police officers in Moldova
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
On 17 and 18 October 2013, the OSCE Mission to Moldova, together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Moldova, held a two-day training seminar for prosecutors and police officers on combating hate crimes...
OSCE helps police special units to develop standard operating procedures
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the French Embassy organized a study trip to Paris for officers of the Interior Ministry’s Special Units Department from 7 to 9 October 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes training for police public relations officers
Publishing date: 30 September 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje today concluded a workshop for 15 public relations officers at the Interior Ministry that took place from 28 to 30 September 2013. The aim of the event was to help the police to more effectively provide information to the public in times of crisis...
Addressing gender-based discrimination in police forces through effective oversight mechanisms discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
While law-enforcement institutions in the OSCE region are increasingly recognizing the benefits women bring to police in serving communities, more needs to be done to address gender-based discrimination within police forces, said participants of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2013...
OSCE Centre organizes course on human rights in criminal proceedings for students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
ASHGABAT, 20 September 2013 – Some 30 students from the Interior Ministry’s Institute graduated from an OSCE-supported course on international human rights standards in the process of criminal proceedings and investigations, in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on new approaches to fighting drug abuse
Publishing date: 16 September 2013
From 16 to 19 September 2013 the OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a workshop for police officers to promote the latest techniques in fighting illegal drug abuse. The workshop will focus on raising public awareness of the dangers of illegal drug use emphasizing consequences of drug addiction...