News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE autumn school on criminal law aims at enhancing legal education in Ukraine and promoting co-operation in research
Publishing date: 30 November 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University organized an autumn school in Kharkiv from 23 to 25 November 2015, bringing together law professors from different universities across Ukraine to learn about the current trends in criminal law and teaching methodologies...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, ODIHR and civil society partners to follow elections of prosecutors
Publishing date: 30 November 2015
BELGRADE, 30 November 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the civil society organization Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) will monitor on 1 December 2015 the elections of prosecutors to the Serbia’s State Prosecutorial Council (SPC)...
OSCE supports international forum in Ukraine on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
The fourth international forum on the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for legal professionals, co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, was held on 27 November 2015 in Lviv...
OSCE supports national forum of defence lawyers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 27 November 2015 – The OSCE-supported national forum of defence lawyers, held today in Almaty, focused on the balance of the prosecution and defence in ensuring the rule of law...
Independence of judiciary in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
ASHGABAT, 25 November 2015 – International standards and best practices on the independence of the judiciary are the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day seminar that opened in Ashgabat today...
OSCE launches a volume of decisions by the high instance court to support Armenia’s judicial system
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
A volume of decisions by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation for 2014 was launched on 20 November 2015 in Yerevan. It aims to serve as a useful tool and resource for all criminal lawyers...
OSCE supports expert debate in Kyiv on constitutional changes in the area of judicial reform
Publishing date: 19 November 2015
KYIV, 19 November 2015 – Amendments to Ukraine’s Constitution that are essential for judicial reform are being debated today by experts, officials, diplomats and academic representatives at an event organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...