News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission supports further witness protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 March 2016
SARAJEVO, 4 March 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Center for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training in Federation of BiH, completed today the first of eight seminars to be held this year for judiciary staff on witness protection prior to, during and after trial as well as compensation for damages...
OSCE Programme Office supports high-level discussion on procedural law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 3 March 2016 – A three-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the application of the new Civil Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of modernizing the procedural law began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link welcomes latest attempt by US President Obama to bring about closure of Guantanamo Bay detention facility
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
WARSAW, 24 February, 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the move by United States President Barack Obama to send to Congress a plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay...
Public administration reform know-how shared at OSCE Centre in Bishkek–organized study visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
TBILISI, 24 February 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Justice Ministry of Georgia organized a three-day study visit of eight Kyrgyz Government officials to Tbilisi from 22 to 24 February 2016 to exchange experiences on reforms to public and municipal administration...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, ODIHR and civil society partners to follow election of judges to High Judicial Council
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
BELGRADE, 18 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and civil society organization Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) are to follow the election on 21 December of judges to Serbia’s High Judicial Council...
OSCE-supported conference on accessibility of public buildings for persons with disabilities organized in Budva
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
The accessibility of municipal public buildings for persons with disabilities was the focus of a two-day conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro on 16 and 17 December in Budva...
OSCE Mission to BIH supports meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on election reform
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
KONJIC, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with BiH Parliamentary Assembly and BiH Central Election Commission (CEC), organized the ninth two-day meeting of the Inter-Agency Working Group on changes to election legislation in BiH which concluded today in Konjic...