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Slovakia’s 2023 early parliamentary elections: ODIHR election assessment mission final report
Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Slovakia’s 2023 early parliamentary elections were competitive and pluralistic, with fundamental rights and freedoms respected, but while the contestants enjoyed equitable campaign conditions, they competed in an environment characterized by high polarization. The elections were managed
OSCE trains directors and staff members from women resource centres in Tajikistan on social enterprise development
Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Creating models to establish social enterprises and diversify sources of income to ensure sustainability were among the skills learned by twelve women at a training course for 26 representatives of OSCE-supported Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs).
Serbia early parliamentary elections 2023: ODIHR election observation mission final report
Publishing date: 28 February 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Although technically well-administered and offering voters a choice of political alternatives, Serbia’s 2023 early parliamentary elections were dominated by the decisive involvement of the President, which, together with the ruling party’s systemic advantages, created unjust conditions for
OSCE strengthens crypto-crime investigations in Moldova through targeted training
Publishing date: 28 February 2024
Content type: News
Alongside many opportunities, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets bring about a plethora of risks, such as money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and more. To strengthen Moldova’s crypto-related crime investigations, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental
Gender-sensitive and victim-centred approaches to media reporting on gender-based violence at the heart of OSCE round tables in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 February 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Between December 2023 and February 2024, the OSCE organized five national round tables in South-Eastern Europe bringing together media, law enforcement government and civil society representatives to discuss how to foster gender-sensitive and victim-centred approaches to media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV).
Joint OSCE-EU-US-UK-OHR statement: We call on authorities in BiH to act to prevent the collapse of PBS system
Publishing date: 27 February 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
We urgently call on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to act immediately to prevent the collapse of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
Training course on the international standards of human rights and freedoms
Publishing date: 27 February 2024
On 26 and 27 February, 2024, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), together with the Chamber of Advocates of Uzbekistan, carried out in Nukus (Karakalpakstan) a two-day training course on the international standards of human rights and freedoms. The event gathered 20 defence lawyers