News and press releases

News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.

War Crimes Justice Project strengthens national capacities to handle war crimes cases

Publishing date: 26 October 2011

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

SARAJEVO, 26 October 2011 – The successful conclusion of the 18-month War Crimes Justice Project (WCJP) to strengthen the capacity of national judiciaries in the region to handle war crimes cases was marked at an event in Sarajevo today...

OSCE presents training manual for law enforcement on anti-trafficking

Publishing date: 26 October 2011

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)

What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing

YEREVAN, 26 October 2011 – An OSCE-supported manual for trainers conducting anti-trafficking courses at law enforcement agencies was presented today in Yerevan...

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for Russian Duma elections

Publishing date: 25 October 2011

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

What we do: Elections

MOSCOW, 26 October 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission to monitor the upcoming 4 December State Duma elections in the Russian Federation...

War Crimes Justice Project delivers practice manual to Serbian defence lawyers

Publishing date: 25 October 2011

Content type: Press release

Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

What we do: Human rights

BELGRADE, 25 October 2011 – The War Crimes Justice Project, an EU funded project, today presented the Serbian version of the Manual on International Criminal Defence to defence lawyers in Serbia...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo encourages regional co-operation among investigative journalists

Publishing date: 25 October 2011

Content type: News

Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo

What we do: Media freedom and development

An OSCE-organized conference on the risks and challenges of accessing information for investigative reporting purposes gathered journalists from Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtinë/Priština, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tirana, in Prishtinë/Priština on 21 October 2011...

OSCE, UN work together to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Publishing date: 25 October 2011

Content type: News

Where we are: OSCE Secretariat

What we do: Arms control

The OSCE Secretariat and the United Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint implementation of projects to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction...