News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Strengthening functional independence of prosecutors investigating high-profile cases in Eastern Europe the focus of ODIHR-supported study visit to Oslo
Publishing date: 15 May 2018
Good practices for maintaining the functional independence of prosecutors investigating high-profile cases were the focus of a study visit to Oslo by a group of prosecutors from Eastern European countries. The two-day visit organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The second OSCE-supported international forum on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) concluded on 27 April 2018 in Astana...
OSCE supports seminar on enhancing journalist awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
An OSCE-supported two-day seminar on enhancing media awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation concluded on 27 April 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
European Union and OSCE’s support to work of justice institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues
Publishing date: 25 April 2018
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2018 – A specialized three-day training course on trial advocacy in war crimes cases for prosecutors of the Special War Crimes Department on the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE-supported public debate on new draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination held in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 April 2018
Some 50 representatives of state institutions, civil society, and the international community gathered for a public debate, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Labour and Social Policy Ministry, on the new draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination on 23 April 2018 in Skopje...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo facilitates finalization of draft law on allocation for use and exchange of municipal land
Publishing date: 23 April 2018
A three-day workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo to support the Ministry of Local Government Administration (MLGA) in finalizing the draft Law on Allocation for Use and Exchange of Immovable Property of the Municipality concluded on 22 April 2018 in Tirana, Albania...
OSCE PA’s Sanchez Amor concerned by stripping of immunity of parliamentarians in Poland, calls for reconsideration
Publishing date: 17 April 2018
COPENHAGEN, 17 April 2018- Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today expressed his concern regarding the state of freedom of expression in Poland, following the stripping of immunity from several opposition parliamentarians last week...