News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE continues to increase justice sector capacity to effectively prosecute cases of domestic violence in Moldova
Publishing date: 13 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova partnered with the National Institute of Justice on 8 and 9 June to launch a new training cycle that aims to boost the capacity of justice sector actors to prosecute instances of domestic violence. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together 22 prosecutors and judges to study how to identify and assist domestic violence victims in the context of recent amendments to Moldovan legislation...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports education programmes for juveniles and women in Serbian correctional institutions
Publishing date: 12 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Serbia handed over IT equipment and school supplies to the Kruševac Correctional Institution for Juveniles on the occasion of its 70th anniversary and to the Požarevac Prison for Women, on 9 June 2017...
Series of OSCE-supported public expert discussions on establishing the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine concludes
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
The last of three public expert discussions on the establishment and functioning of the High Anti-Corruption Court was held in Odesa, Ukraine on 30 May 2017, where experts and representatives of the civil society and the media voiced their opinions on how to create a Court that is efficient, transparent, fair and meets the principles enshrined in the country’s constitution...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports organization of Third Global Forum of International Associations of Prosecutors
Publishing date: 26 May 2017
BELGRADE, 26 May 2017 – Identifying ways in which prosecutors’ associations can contribute to professional accountability and advancement of ethical standards in their work is the focus of the Third Global Forum of International Associations of Prosecutors, which opened today in Belgrade...
OSCE Mission to Moldova roundtable discussion identifies new opportunities to enable provision of essential legal aid
Publishing date: 22 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova brought together representatives of law faculties, state authorities and relevant NGOs in Chisinau on 18 May 2017 to discuss new possibilities to strengthen the provision of much-needed primary legal aid in Moldova...
Condemning murder of three Roma sisters in Rome, ODIHR Director Link stresses need for investigation of, robust reaction to possible racist motivation
Publishing date: 11 May 2017
WARSAW, 11 May 2017 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the murders of three Roma sisters, ages four, eight and 20, who died in a fire after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their camper van on the outskirts of Rome early Wednesday morning...
In visit to Uzbekistan, OSCE PA President Muttonen discusses ongoing reforms, promotes closer co-operation
Publishing date: 10 May 2017
TASHKENT, 10 May 2017 – OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen concludes today a three-day visit to Uzbekistan, during which she has discussed the country’s ongoing reforms and potential areas for co-operation with the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly...