News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes training course on prosecutorial leadership in the investigation of criminal offences
Publishing date: 3 December 2020
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Albanian School of Magistrates, organized a two-day virtual training course on 2 and 3 December 2020 on the role of prosecutors in investigating criminal offences and their leadership skills for Albania’s Prosecutors and Judicial Police officers...
Digitalization of justice in focus of OSCE-supported Defence Lawyers Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the National Bar Association and NGO Legal Policy Research Centre, organized the fifth National Forum of Defence Lawyers on 27 November 2020...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes training seminar for Chamber of Advocates
Publishing date: 23 November 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized a capacity-building training seminar for representatives from the Chamber of Advocates on best practices and exchange of experiences in the field of the institutional development of the institution of the bar. The event, held from 18 to 20 November 2020, was opened by Alim Ernazarov, Chairperson of the Chamber of Lawyers of Uzbekistan and Ambassador John MacGregor, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.
OSCE/ODIHR concerned about decision undermining judicial independence in Poland
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
WARSAW, 20 November 2020 – The ruling by the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Poland on 18 November 2020, stripping Judge Igor Tuleya of his immunity, raises concerns about judicial independence in the country...
OSCE supports Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors in assessing impact of COVID-19 on prosecutors’ work
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of prosecutors’ offices was the focus of the fifth meeting of the Executive Board of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) on 12 November 2020. The meeting was held online with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
Human rights standards during criminal proceedings and investigations in focus of OSCE course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
An OSCE-organized online course for law students on international human rights standards during criminal proceedings and investigations took place from 9 to 13 November 2020 in Ashgabat...
OSCE organizes workshop on law enforcement agencies’ response to COVID-19 in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (SPMU), in co operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a workshop on law enforcement agencies’ response to COVID-19 in Uzbekistan and international best practices on 28 October 2020, for representatives of the country’s law enforcement agencies...