News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE holds training course on legislative drafting in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
ASHGABAT, 23 December 2011 – Legal experts from the Justice Ministry, the Institute of State and Law and the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights (NIDHR) under the President of Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE-supported seminar on legislative drafting which concluded in Ashgabat today...
Sharing experiences with the Baltic states to reform the Moldovan Prosecution Service
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
The Moldovan prosecution service is undergoing reform to strengthen its independence and effectiveness. On 16 December 2011 a group of experts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shared their experiences with their counterparts at a conference in Chişinău as part of a joint project by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Prosecutor General’s Office on support for prosecution service reform and capacity building based on the experience of the Baltic States...
ODIHR promotes strengthening independence of Ukraine’s judiciary
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Ukraine's judiciary was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20-21 December 2011 in Kyiv...
Region’s judicial training chiefs discuss war crimes justice programmes at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Podgorica
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
PODGORICA, 20 December 2011 – Representatives of judicial training institutions from the region met in Podgorica today to discuss how to step up their contribution to achieving justice in war crimes cases by providing effective training to judicial staff involved in such cases...
OSCE Centre supports independent monitoring of freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
BISHKEK, 19 December 2011 – Better implementation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported public discussion that took place in Bishkek today among national authorities, international and national experts, as well as civil society and international organizations representatives...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve youth participation in decision making
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 16 November 2011 – The OSCE Mission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in Kosovo organized today a conference on youth participation in decision making for youth action councils, municipal staff and civil society representatives...
OSCE concludes project on torture prevention in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
DUSHANBE, 15 December 2011- Preventing torture through education and systematic oversight was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized today by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...