News and press releases

The OSCE Centre in Astana jointly with the Committee on Legislation and Judicial Reform of the Mazhilis (the lower Chamber of Parliament) and the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia organized a roundtable discussion on 14 March 2013 on a draft law to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against torture in Kazakhstan...

From 28 February to 2 March 2013, the OSCE Office in Baku is holding a training session on complying with the rights of suspects and accused persons in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards, including the European Convention on Human Rights...

SARAJEVO, 1 March 2013 – Fletcher Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, discussed justice sector reform today with Admir Suljagic, the Director of the Secretariat of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Eighteen presidents of Montenegrin courts and three members of the Judicial Council attended a two-day seminar on court management from 28 February to 1 March 2013 in Becici, as part of a training programme for members of the judiciary on fighting corruption...

ASTANA, 28 February 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on enhancing the role of defence lawyers in protecting constitutional rights and freedoms in criminal proceedings was held in Astana today...

TBILISI, 20 February 2013- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) began monitoring trials of former senior officials in Georgia today...

The last of a series of six workshops on the identification and handling of hate crime cases for the members of the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates concluded on 14 February 2013 in Prizren...