News and press releases

ASTANA, 27 February 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on developing national legislation on access to information, countering corruption and public oversight took place today in Astana. The event was initiated by the Legal Council of National Democratic Party Nur Otan and co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Prosecutor General’s Office with the support of the Legal Policy Research Centre, Internews-Kazakhstan and Soros Foundation- Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 26 February 2015- The issues of harmonising some legislative acts with provisions of the new Criminal Executive Code of Kazakhstan were among the topics addressed at an OSCE-supported expert meeting held today in Astana. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support from the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia...

A two-day training seminar on conflict resolution and basic trial techniques for some 30 middle-level staff of Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office began on 26 February 2015 in Astana...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported a seminar in Podgorica on 23 February 2015 on the right to the presumption of innocence as articulated by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), with a particular focus on the role of the media and public officials...

The OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, which embraces human rights and democracy, economics and environment as well as politico-military security, offers a powerful antidote to violent extremism, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told high-level officials from around the world at the Ministerial Meeting of the White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit in Washington, DC, on 19 February 2015...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 19 February 2015 – Cases of illegal re-occupation of properties call for a determined response by Kosovo institutions to guarantee the full protection of the property rights of all communities in Kosovo, concludes an OSCE Mission report launched today...

THE HAGUE, 13 February 2015 – Four senior representatives of law-making and law-enforcement bodies from Turkmenistan today concluded a five-day OSCE-supported visit to The Hague that focused on best practices in criminal justice reform. Representatives of the Mejlis (Parliament), Supreme Court, Justice Ministry and the General Prosecutor’s Office got a comprehensive overview of the legal reform process and its implementation stages...