News and press releases

ASTANA, 20 September 2017 – An OSCE-supported three-day workshop on anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism began today in Astana...

Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons slightly increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...

SARAJEVO, 20 September 2017 – Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes is needed more than ever, highlight participants of the two-day Regional seminar on Moving Forward in Addressing Migration-related Crimes in South Eastern Europe, which concludes today in Sarajevo...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and OSCE Mission to Bosnia supported and facilitated a bilateral meeting between the parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro on 19 September 2017 in Podgorica to strengthen bilateral co-operation between the services...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) signed a co-operation agreement on 19 September 2017, on the margins of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. “National human rights institutions (NHRIs), including

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission followed up on reports of a civilian casualty from Dmytrivka. It continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske and recorded ceasefires violation near the Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including near Mykolaivka.* It facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Shchastia, Zolote and Slovianoserbsk. The Mission continued to monitor the situation of schools near the contact line. The SMM visited two border areas not under government control. The Mission followed up on reports that a member of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Kharkiv had been attacked. It monitored the closing session of a trial in relation to events in Odessa on 2 May 2014 and continued to follow up on reports of a fire at a children’s camp in Odessa...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) presented a draft preview of their upcoming guidance document on revised international standards for the treatment of prisoners, known as the “Nelson Mandela Rules”, at an event in Warsaw on 19