News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Marking one year since Turkey’s state of emergency, OSCE PA human rights committee leaders urge respect for rule of law
Publishing date: 20 July 2017
COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2017 – The three officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions – Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Vice-Chair Ivana Dobesova (Czech Republic) and Rapporteur Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni (Cyprus) – today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of Turkey’s state of emergency...
OSCE continues to train law students to support access to primary legal aid
Publishing date: 17 July 2017
On 13 and 14 July 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event for 15 law students from Balti, Cahul and Chisinau to improve their skills in providing free legal aid in Moldova. The training focused on honing students’ ability to conduct public presentations that convey easily understood messages on what the legal aid system is and how individuals can use it to seek solutions to various existing legal problems...
Head of OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe meets Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 7 July 2017
DUSHANBE, 7 July 2017 – Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, met Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Aslov Sirodjidin Muhridinovich in Dushanbe today. She gave an update on the transition of the “OSCE Office in Tajikistan” into the “OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe”, which came into effect on 1 July 2017, as mandated by the OSCE Permanent Council Decision 1251...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports professional associations of judges in safeguarding judicial independence
Publishing date: 7 July 2017
Some 60 judicial professionals gathered at an international conference in Belgrade on 7 July 2017 to discuss the experiences of national and international professional associations of judges in safeguarding the independence of the judiciary...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of OSCE seminar in Prishtinë/Priština
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
A two-day seminar on strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism, which brought together over 30 practitioners from the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, and prison management, concluded on 6 July 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes conference on transparent, independent and accessible judiciary
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the European Union twinning project “Strengthening Capacities of the High Judicial Council and the State Prosecutorial Council” organized a conference on the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government in Serbia, on 5 July 2017 in Belgrade...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains law students to raise awareness about free legal aid
Publishing date: 30 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event on raising awareness about free legal aid for 21 law students from Balti, Cahul and Chisinau on 26 and 27 June 2017. As a result of the event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, participants will go on to organize a series of public events in rural areas addressing the most widespread legal issues facing vulnerable members of the community...