News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Armenia judgments focus of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
YEREVAN, 27 May 2011 – The execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Armenia, as analysed in an OSCE-supported report, is the focus of an international conference in Yerevan today...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes arrest of Ratko Mladić
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
BELGRADE, 26 May 2011- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomes the arrest in Serbia todayof the Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić, who was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including genocide in Srebrenica...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on equal rights and opportunities for women
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
ASTANA, 26 May 2011 – About 100 high-level government officials, parliamentary deputies and representatives of non-governmental and international organizations today discussed Kazakhstan's efforts to eliminate discrimination against women during a meeting co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE holds regional training seminar in Lithuania to combat sexual abuse of children on the Internet
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
VILNIUS, 25 May 2011 – An OSCE-organized training seminar for cybercrime experts and law enforcement investigators on how to combat sexual abuse of children on the Internet began today in Vilnius. The OSCE organized the three-day seminar in close co-operation with the Lithuanian Ombudsman for Children's Rights...
OSCE/ODIHR organizes first training for entity police investigators handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
BIHAĆ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 25 May 2011- A two-day training seminar on investigations for police investigators and prosecutors handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in Bihać today...
OSCE/ODIHR trains judiciary handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina on trial skills
Publishing date: 20 May 2011
SARAJEVO, 20 May 2011 – A two-day training seminar on advocacy-related trial skills for judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended in Jahorina today...
Legal professionals in Kosovo learn how to access ICTY material under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 19 May 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 19 May 2011 – Staff from the Prosecution Offices and Courts in Prishtinë/Priština, Peja/Peć, Prizren and Gjilan/Gnjilane are attending four training sessions today on accessing and researching material of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...