News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission trains legal professionals from northern Kosovo on fair trial rights
Publishing date: 20 May 2016
From 16 to 20 May 2016 in Budva, Montenegro, the OSCE Mission organized a training course for 45 legal professionals from northern Kosovo on international human rights standards during trial proceedings...
Law students hone their public presentation skills on legal aid at OSCE-supported training course in Moldova
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a follow-up training event Vadul-lui-Vodă on 13 and 14 May 2016 for 14 law students from Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and Comrat aimed at raising public awareness of state guaranteed legal aid in Moldova...
OHCHR and OSCE strengthen capacities of defence lawyers in southern Kyrgyzstan on human rights standards
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 19 May 2016 – The Regional Office for Central Asia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for defence lawyers on developing effective litigation strategies before the UN treaty bodies...
War crimes prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at OSCE meeting in Mostar, discuss cases involving enforced disappearance
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), 17 May 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today hosted a peer-to-peer meeting for cantonal and district war crimes prosecutors on the legal qualification of enforced disappearance and on applying substantive law in less complex war crimes cases...
OSCE supports international conference on obstacles in prosecuting war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 May 2016
SARAJEVO, 14 May 2016 – Challenges in investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as well as potential solutions to these obstacles was the focus of a conference which concluded today in Sarajevo, having brought together more than 40 members of the judiciary, international law experts, government and diplomatic representatives...
OSCE launches series of training seminars on National Preventive Mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 May 2016
A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar for members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment on practical aspects of NPM implementation began in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan on 6 May 2016...
OSCE-supported event trains law enforcement on working with domestic violence cases
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
On 27 April 2016, the OSCE Mission to Moldova supported a training event for 70 local law enforcement personnel on handling cases of domestic violence. The event, held in Moldova’s northernmost town of Ocnița, was the second in a series of events in 2016 for law enforcement, local administration and specialists that aim to improve access to services for domestic violence victims in rural areas...