News and press releases

An OSCE-supported exhibition by French photographer Eric Gourlan opened on 18 October 2013 at the Kyrgyzstan’s Theatre of Fine Arts. The exhibition features 40 pictures Gourlan took in two men’s colonies, a colony for women and a colony for adolescents. The images reflect the everyday routine of both the detainees and staff members of the colonies.The project is being implemented with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service, non-governmental organizations Egl and Freedom House...

Responsibility of media when reporting on court proceedings was the topic of a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission on 15 October 2013 in Podgorica. The focus of the debate was the balance journalists and editors need to strike between exercising the right to freedom of expression, on the one hand, and respecting presumption of innocence and the right to privacy during court cases, on the other hand...

An expert from the OSCE Presence in Albania took part in the first World Congress on Probation that the European Organization for Probation held from 8 to 10 October 2013 in London...

Mongolia’s law on promoting gender equality largely complies with international human rights standards and OSCE commitments, but certain aspects of the legislation could benefit from further clarification and review, concludes a legal opinion prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...

Recent trends and challenges in the monitoring of trials were the focus of a meeting that brought together representatives of civil society and OSCE field missions at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 7 and 8 October 2013...

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 3 October 2013 a two-day train-ing course for judges and prosecutors on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention – a key UN document on access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Special focus during the course was on access to justice and related EU legislation...

A new publication to aid legal professionals and civil society in trial monitoring was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 2 October 2013...