News and press releases

Protecting human rights while countering terrorism was the focus of two OSCE training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 14-15 November and 17-18 November 2016 in Madrid...

Democratic policing, the police-public partnership and human rights were in focus of an OSCE-supported training course held for Armenia’s police students from 31 October to 3 November 2016 in Tsaghkadzor with the aim of contributing to Armenian police efforts to advance democratic policing practices...

BUCHAREST, 2 November 2016 – Some 20 representatives of law enforcement agencies from Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Turkey as well as experts from six international organizations concluded a two-day discussion in Bucharest today on better co-operation among law enforcement agencies in combating the increasing spread of New Psychoactive Substances...

ASTANA, 31 October 2016 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for police officers on best practices in managing public assemblies began today in Astana...

Combating different types of organized crimes, including property crimes and illegal migration with cross-border dimension, was the focus of the OSCE-supported regional exercise that concluded on 21 October 2016 in Skopje...

VIENNA, 13 October 2016 – Some 200 representatives of OSCE participating States, government authorities, experts from drug-related agencies, as well as international, regional and civil society organizations and the private sector are meeting today and tomorrow in Vienna to discuss how to implement the outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem (UNGASS 2016), which was agreed in New York in April...

An OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussion on promoting police integrity brought together some 30 professionals from the police training institutions and the agencies involved in integrity planning and management on 3-4 October 2016 in Danilovgrad, Montenegro...