News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion of draft criminal procedure code
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
A discussion of the draft Criminal Procedure Code recently introduced to the Parliament of Kazakhstan topped the agenda of an international conference, supported by the OSCE Centre and held on 15 November 2013 in Astana.
OSCE promotes improvement of legal education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
KYIV, 14 November 2013 – Representatives of academia and professional community gathered to discuss the quality of legal education and science in Ukraine and ways of improving it at an OSCE-supported conference that started in Kyiv today...
ICTY material made available to prosecutors’ offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
The first of a series of training events for judicial experts on the Electronic Disclosure Suite (EDS) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) held by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Office of the Trial Prosecutor of the ICTY started on 11 November 2013...
Regional discussion among prosecutors’ associations helps advance judicial reform process
Publishing date: 8 November 2013
BELGRADE, 8 November 2013 – Representatives of prosecutors’ associations from across the region gathered today in Belgrade to exchange experiences on the judicial reform process. The conference on the “Reform of the judiciary and the role of professional associations” was organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Association of Public Prosecutors and Deputy Public Prosecutors of Serbia.
Good practices in political party and campaign financing discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Skopje
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption and with the EU Delegation is organizing a conference on good practices for political party and campaign financing that started in Skopje on 30 October 2013...
“Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law”: new publication presented by OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
On 21 October 2013 the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented a publication “Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law” written by Zoran Pazin, State Agent of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg...
OSCE Office helps strengthen human rights protection, monitoring in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
Training on international human rights standards and domestic legislation for representatives of civil society organizations monitoring penitentiary institutions, and penitentiary servants was held from 17 to 20 October 2013 by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the Helsinki Committee of Armenia and the non-governmental organization Penal Reform International...