News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE issues report on war crimes cases management at Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 June 2019
SARAJEVO, 17 June 2019 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), with the support of the European Union (EU), presented today in Sarajevo a spot report War Crimes Management at the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE presents publication on referral mechanisms for preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 10 June 2019
SARAJEVO, 10 June 2019 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) presented today in Sarajevo its publication on referral mechanisms for preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT)...
Trends in ICT use to fight trafficking in human beings focus of OSCE-supported training course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 31 May 2019
A training course on the latest trends in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to fight trafficking in human beings concluded on 31 May 2019 in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in co-operation with the Entity Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centres (JPTCs) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)...
Bosnia and Herzegovina hosts sub-regional training on role of information and communication technologies in international security
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
SARAJEVO, 23 May 2019 – A two-day training course on the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the context of regional and international security, which gathered some 40 participants from seven countries of South-Eastern Europe started today in Sarajevo. The training course is jointly organized by the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Mission to BiH...
Trial monitoring in OSCE region focus of event in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 17 May 2019
Trial monitoring principles, ways to mainstream gender and diversity in trial monitoring activities, follow-up steps and the training of monitors were the key topics of an annual meeting on trial monitoring in the OSCE region, which took place in Sarajevo from 14 to 16 May 2019.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative on Gender stresses need to cross divides in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 May 2019
SARAJEVO, 10 May 2019- Women’s participation and leadership is not just good for women; it can benefit whole societies. This was the message delivered by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the Special Representative of the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship on Gender, during a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
OSCE presents spot report on implementation of National War Crimes Processing Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its 2018 draft revisions
Publishing date: 6 May 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented a spot report on the implementation of the National War Crimes Processing Strategy and its 2018 draft revisions on 6 May 2019 at the Cantonal Court in Bihac...