News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
As millions remain exposed to racism, equality bodies must be strengthened, say heads of European human rights institutions on International Anti-Racism Day
Publishing date: 21 March 2018
STRASBOURG / WARSAW / VIENNA, 21 March 2018. Promoting equality and combating racism are essential to fortify social cohesion and democratic security, the heads of three European human rights institutions said in a joint statement on today’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...
OSCE-supported workshop on international criminal law and transitional justice concludes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
International criminal law and transitional justice was the focus of an OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)-supported workshop for 20 law students from the Dzemal Bijedic University and the University of Mostar, which concluded on 9 March 2018 in Mostar...
OSCE Programme Office supports roundtable discussion on criminal procedure in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 March 2018
The current trends and challenges in pre-trial proceedings on criminal cases was the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported annual roundtable discussion that began in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan on 1 March 2018...
OSCE presents report identifying judicial shortcomings in processing corruption cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 February 2018
SARAJEVO, 21 February 2018 – The presentation of a report compiled by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina titled Trial Monitoring of Corruption Cases in BiH: A First Assessment brought together over 100 representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today in Sarajevo. The report was developed within the framework of the project Assessing Needs of Judicial Response to Corruption through Monitoring of Criminal Cases and with the support of the United States Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds workshop on addressing domestic violence in Khuroson District, Tajikistan
Publishing date: 2 February 2018
A one-day workshop for a newly-established multi-disciplinary working group on addressing domestic violence issues concluded on 2 February 2018 in the Khuroson district of the province of Khatlon, Tajikistan. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe...
OSCE/ODIHR Director voices concern over arrest of and charges against head of Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 January 2018
WARSAW, 10 January 2018- Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today voiced serious concerns regarding the arrest and detention of Oyub Titiev, Director of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Chechnya, in the North Caucasus republic of the Russian Federation, yesterday...
Independence of judiciary in focus of OSCE seminars in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
International standards and best practices on the independence of the judiciary in the context of criminal justice are the focus of an OSCE-supported series of three two-day seminars that started in Dashoguz on 15 December 2017 and will be continued in Mary until 18 December. The concluding seminar will be held in January 2018 in Ashgabat.