News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports young legal professionals interested in human rights career path
Publishing date: 14 July 2017
The third Inter-University School on Human Rights welcomed 25 students from 13 universities and 10 countries of the OSCE region from 10 to 14 July 2017 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The annual event serves as a platform for strengthening the capacity of future legal professionals in human rights protection...
Combating human trafficking for labour exploitation focus of OSCE-supported international conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
KYIV, 6 July 2017 – Some 180 key anti-trafficking stakeholders and international experts met today in Kyiv for a two-day conference focused on streamlining efforts to combat labour exploitation...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator pilots first training course for Ukrainians on dialogue as a tool for conflict management
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
KYIV, 6 July 2017 – The first group of 20 Ukrainians gathered today in Kyiv for a four-day intensive training course on dialogue competencies, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports draft amendments to the law on privatization of state-owned and municipal press
Publishing date: 1 June 2017
Draft amendments to Ukraine’s Law on the Privatization of State–owned and Municipal Print Press were presented by lawyers of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (SCTRBU), the Ukrainian Association of Media Business (UAMB), the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM) and the Human Rights Platform NGO on 24 May 2017 in Kyiv, concluding a process supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports training courses for mobile police teams on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supported a five-day training course for officers of pilot mobile police teams on responding to cases of domestic violence from 22 to 26 May 2017 in Dnipro...
Series of OSCE-supported public expert discussions on establishing the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine concludes
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
The last of three public expert discussions on the establishment and functioning of the High Anti-Corruption Court was held in Odesa, Ukraine on 30 May 2017, where experts and representatives of the civil society and the media voiced their opinions on how to create a Court that is efficient, transparent, fair and meets the principles enshrined in the country’s constitution...
OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine starts series of trainings on psychological rehabilitation of conflict-affected populations
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine began training psychologists and social service providers in the psychological rehabilitation of conflict-affected populations on 17 and 18 May in Mariupol, Donetsk Region. This is the first in a series of events piloting the training course and manual developed in 2016 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the request of Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy...