News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre conducts training course on Istanbul Protocol for medical staff of the armed forces in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 October 2015
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 16 October 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a three-day training course for 25 officers from the medical services of the Kyrgyz armed forces on the Istanbul Protocol – a UN manual on documenting torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment...
On International Day against the Death Penalty, ODIHR Director warns against calls for reintroduction of capital punishment
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
WARSAW, 9 October 2015 – Today, ahead of the International Day against the Death Penalty, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed concern over developments related to capital punishment in some OSCE participating States...
OSCE campaign seeks to improve access to justice in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 October 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 5 October 2015 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo started a campaign today to inform the public about their rights before the courts and available resources to exercise them...
OSCE autumn school on criminal process aims at enhancing education in Ukraine’s law schools
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
An autumn school in Lviv was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 30 September to 2 October 2015 for law professors from 16 universities across Ukraine with the aim of highlighting the current trends and methodologies on educating criminal procedure law...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports review process of Ohrid Framework Agreement
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
SKOPJE, 29 September 2015 – Evaluating the role of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) in enhancing social cohesion is the aim of the OSCE-supported review process discussed in Skopje today, focusing on anti-discrimination, de-centralization, education, equitable representation, the use of languages and numerically smaller communities...
OSCE participating States should implement ODIHR / Venice Commission guidelines on religious or belief communities, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The negative effects of obstacles to accessing legal personality for religious or belief communities, both at the legislative and practical levels, were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 29 September 2015.
Global Counterterrorism Forum adopts good practices prepared by the OSCE on women and countering violent extremism
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
NEW YORK CITY, 28 September 2015 A good practices document on women and countering violent extremism prepared by the OSCE was adopted on 27 September today by the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) as non-binding guidance to assist governments in mainstreaming gender into policies and measures to counter violent extremism (CVE).