News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office supports publication of review of high court decisions in Armenia
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
YEREVAN, 11 October 2011 – An OSCE-supported publication comprising legal review, analysis and interpretations of selected decisions of the Armenian Cassation Court was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE Chairperson expresses concern at Tymoshenko verdict, urges full transparency during appeal
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
VILNIUS, 11 October 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed concern at the conviction today of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and urged full transparency during the appeals process...
OSCE promotes support for victims of human trafficking in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Establishing a more systemic and sustainable protection of the rights of victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation through national referral mechanisms is the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day workshop that opened in Tashkent on 10 October, 2011...
OSCE Presence in Albania contributes to better children rights protection
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Municipality of Elbasan organized on 11 October 2011 the first of a series of ten training seminars on child protection...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts online video seminar for prosecutors on mediation
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
ASTANA, 11 October 2011 – Online video seminar for regional prosecutors on international standards and national practices on mediation was held in Astana today...
Better child protection can prevent trafficking, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 6 October concluded that improving local and national child-protection systems can effectively curb the trafficking of children...
Mijatović leads off Global Internet Freedom speaker series at George Washington University Law School
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, reiterated her view that free media and national security go hand-in-hand, talking to law students on 3 October at George Washington University at the Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series...