News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Role of information technology in human trafficking focus of training course supported by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 19 October 2017
On the occasion of the European Union’s Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October 2017, a two-day training course concluded on 19 October for over 20 judges and prosecutors on the role and use of information technology in trafficking in human beings. The course, held in Konjic, was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Centres for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training in the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)...
Education for Social Justice training concludes in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4 October 2017 – An Education for Social Justice training for primary schools, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded on 4 October 2017 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Detecting forged travel documents in focus at OSCE training course in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 2 October 2017
SARAJEVO, 2 October 2017 – An advanced five-day training course on increasing operational awareness to detect forged documents and imposters for border police officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina started today in Sarajevo...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina participates at tenth annual symposium of prosecutors
Publishing date: 28 September 2017
Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 September 2017 – Over 150 prosecutors and legal professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the region gathered at the tenth Annual Symposium of Prosecutors in BiH that ended today in Neum. Over the course of four days the participants took an active role in several panel discussions dedicated to war crimes processing, organized crime and corruption, human trafficking, and violence against children in cyberspace.
Law and criminology students from Bosnia and Herzegovina complete OSCE workshop on international criminal law and transitional justice
Publishing date: 25 September 2017
SARAJEVO, 25 September 2017- A group of 20 law and criminology students from seven universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) completed in Sarajevo today the second annual edition of the OSCE Mission’s Extracurricular Workshop on International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice.
Co-operation on addressing migration-related crimes needed more than ever, say participants at OSCE-supported regional seminar in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 20 September 2017
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...
First nationwide meeting of Coalitions against Hate supported by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 15 September 2017
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the first nationwide meeting of the 31 Coalitions against Hate in the country, on 14 September 2017 in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina...