News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion to improve election legislation in Gagauzia
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
The election legislation of Moldova’s autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia was discussed at an OSCE-led roundtable meeting in Comrat on 13 December 2011. Representatives of the Gagauz authorities, the People’s Assembly, parties, civil society, media and the OSCE Mission discussed two sets of legislative proposals...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania commends nomination for People’s Advocate
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
TIRANA, 15 December 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today welcomed nomination of a candidate for the position of the People’s Advocate (Ombudsman)...
OSCE Office in Baku trains detention facilities staff on rights of suspects and accused
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
From 12 to 13 December, the OSCE Office in Baku held a training course for police and penitentiary officers in the city of Ganja in western Azerbaijan on international standards related to the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...
OSCE assists Kazakhstan in implementing Aarhus Convention on public participation in environmental decision making
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
ASTANA, 13 December 2011 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the further adaptation of the national legislation to the requirements of the Aarhus Convention took place today in Astana...
Apprentice judges attend OSCE Mission to Serbia course on anti-discrimination and gender equality legislation
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
The OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Democratization Department, in partnership with Serbia’s Judicial Training Academy, organized the country’s first anti-discrimination and gender equality training course for apprentice judges in Zlatibor, in central Serbia, from 5 to 8 December 2011...
OSCE Centre facilitates discussion of criminal legislation reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 9 December 2011 – State officials from the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Presidential Administration, the Constitutional Council, the Supreme Court and law enforcement agencies met representatives of civil society and academia to discuss a concept paper for Kazakhstan’s new criminal code at an OSCE-supported meeting in Almaty today...
Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...