News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes training course for the first database on domestic violence in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) Gender Centre and the Network of Women Police Officers, concluded on 1 September 2015 the second out of ten training courses on implementation of the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence and the use of the domestic violence database...
ODIHR Director expresses concern about continued detention and sentencing of foreign nationals in the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 27 August 2015
WARSAW, 27 August 2015 – Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link today expressed his concern about the conviction and sentencing of three foreign nationals and continued detention of a number of Ukrainian nationals in the Russian Federation...
OSCE-supported seminar for journalists on work of law enforcement institutions held in Podgorica
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
A two-day OSCE-supported seminar for journalists on work of the police, prosecutors and the judiciary took place on 28 and 29 July 2015 in Podgorica...
Annual Government-Civil Society Conference on Key Human Rights Issues in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
Implementation of Tajikistan’s OSCE human rights commitments was the focus of a two-day meeting of government, civil society and international community representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe...
Turkmenistan’s lawmakers discuss legislative practices at OSCE course
Publishing date: 28 July 2015
ASHGABAT, 28 July 2015 – Members of the Mejlis (parliament) of Turkmenistan and lawyers of the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan are taking part in a three-day OSCE-supported course that began in Ashgabat today on article-by-article analysis of draft laws...
OSCE trains law enforcement personnel on countering transnational organized crime and drug trafficking
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
AKTAU, western Kazakhstan, 27 July 2015 – A three-day OSCE-supported training seminar aimed to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of law enforcement agencies in addressing transnational threats to security began today in Aktau...
OSCE-supported seminar for journalists and NGO representatives on implementation of Free Access to Information Law held in Bijelo Polje
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
A seminar on the implementation of the Free Access to Information Act (FOIA), supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, took place on 23 July 2015 in Bijelo Polje...