News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports online webinar on anti-corruption expertise of legal acts
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
An OSCE-supported training webinar on anti-corruption expertise took place on 19 November 2020. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event in partnership with the NGO Legal Media Center...
OSCE, local partners organize Moldova’s first anti-human trafficking hackathon
Publishing date: 16 November 2020
During a hackathon co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 6 to 8 November 2020, thirty-six young women and men from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River spent 72 hours designing innovative tech-based solutions to prevent and combat human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children in Moldova...
OSCE leading by example in prevention of human trafficking within supply chains
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
The risks surrounding procuring goods and services produced by trafficked persons were the focus of the OSCE virtually held workshop on 13 November 2020...
Innovation and technology in addressing security challenges and crises across OSCE and Asian Partners for Co-operation focus of OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 10 November 2020
Analysis of the complex security challenges, currently being faced, as well as sharing best practices and innovative approaches was the focus of the OSCE roundtable discussion. The event titled “Leveraging innovation and technology to address 21st century security challenges and crises across the OSCE and Asian Partners for Co-operation” was held on 09 and 10 November 2020 online and in Vienna...
COVID-19 creating risks for human trafficking crisis, say anti-trafficking leaders from over 50 countries in joint OSCE-Council of Europe meeting
Publishing date: 5 November 2020
VIENNA, 5 November 2020- Leaders of anti-trafficking efforts from over 50 countries across Europe, North America and Central Asia met online on 3 and 4 November 2020 for the largest annual meeting of its kind focused on human trafficking at the international level. The event, jointly organized by the OSCE and the Council of Europe, focused on challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to anti-trafficking responses...
Role of National Referral Mechanisms in combating human trafficking focus of roundtable discussion organized by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Challenges, lessons learned and good practices in the use of National Referral Mechanisms to counter human trafficking were discussed at a roundtable discussion on 29 October 2020. The blended event was co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, jointly with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the National Anti-trafficking Commission of Uzbekistan...
Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutors explore challenges in processing human trafficking and war crimes cases
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
The Annual Prosecutorial Symposium, which, due to the pandemic, took place in an online format on 8 and 9 October 2020, gathered some 150 prosecutors, judges and other criminal justice professionals who took part in a number of panel discussions on criminal matters...