News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Supports Advanced Security Policy Course for Officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
TUZLA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 December 2016 – The fourth Advanced BiH Security Policy Course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Council of Ministers’ Inter-ministerial Working Group on Monitoring the Implementation of BiH Security Policy, concluded today in Tuzla.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina marks International Day of Tolerance with youth in Jajce
Publishing date: 16 November 2016
SARAJEVO, 16 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today supported the municipalities of Jajce and Jezero in organizing a roundtable discussion and opening of the hiking trail “Otomalj” in Jajce, as part of its activities to mark the International Day of Tolerance. The Mission also hailed the intention of the dedicated citizens in Jajce to form an additional Coalition against Hate, building on the success of other coalitions throughout BiH...
Hate crimes in South-East Europe come with common features and patterns, participants conclude at OSCE conference in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 8 November 2016
SARAJEVO, 8 November 2016 – Eleven authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia presented their research papers on hate crimes in South-East Europe to over 70 regional participants that gathered at a conference which concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE-supported meeting of Supervisory Body for War Crimes Strategy concludes in Banja Luka
Publishing date: 3 November 2016
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported a thematic meeting today in Banja Luka of the Supervisory Body for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Processing of War Crimes, representatives of the High Judicial Prosecutorial Council Secretariat, the ministries of justice, and judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases...
Forty law, sociology, political science and security studies students from Bosnia and Herzegovina complete OSCE-supported Youth and Security School
Publishing date: 21 October 2016
SARAJEVO, 21 October 2016 – Some 40 law, sociology and security studies students completed today in Sarajevo the second Youth and Security School, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE-supported panel explores challenges in war crimes processing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
NEUM, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 30 September 2016 – More than 30 prosecutors from across BiH gathered for a war crimes panel within the Ninth Symposium of Prosecutors in BiH, which was supported by the OSCE Mission to BiH and concluded today in Neum...
Statement by OSCE Head of Mission Jonathan Moore in advance of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
SARAJEVO, 29 September 2016- On behalf of all of us at the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, I encourage the country's eligible citizens to exercise their democratic right and duty, and vote in local elections on 2 October...