News and press releases

The XV Annual Prosecutorial Symposium took place from 17-20 October 2022 in Neum, gathering over 200 prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals around different panel discussions on criminal matters.

Criminal justice and technology experts discussed rule of law challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic together with civil society representatives at an event held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 October 2022. The event took place in the margins of

Croatia’s vast experience in the investigation and adjudication of cases of enforced disappearances can be useful to Albania’s authorities in advancing with the issue of identification and recovery of remains of missing persons from the Communist past. With this aim, from 21 to 23 September 2022,

A series of workshops on the effective investigation and prosecution of criminal acts threatening the integrity of elections concluded today in Mostar.

On 21 September 2022, the OSCE Mission to BiH and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the FBiH Centre for the Education of Judges and Prosecutors, launched a two-day training for judicial officials and members of law enforcement on the protection of human rights in counter-terrorism investigations.

Prishtinë/Priština, 19 September 2022 – The prosecution of terrorism offences has proved challenging around the world, and Kosovo is no exception. Nonetheless, judicial institutions have to make sure they adjudicate these cases fairly, effectively and in full respect of human rights standards, concludes the latest thematic report published by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today.

SKOPJE, 7 September 2022 – State bodies for equality in the region play an important role in the fight to create more equal societies, free of discrimination.  These bodies in North Macedonia and throughout the region face numerous challenges in relation to resources, inter-institutional