News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission report says most Orthodox graveyards in Kosovo in poor condition
Publishing date: 27 October 2011
Municipalities in Kosovo, who are responsible for maintaining Orthodox graveyards, tend to do so on an ad hoc basis and only rarely, says the OSCE Mission report published in Prishtine/Pristina on 26 October, 2011...
War Crimes Justice Project delivers practice manual to Serbian defence lawyers
Publishing date: 25 October 2011
BELGRADE, 25 October 2011 – The War Crimes Justice Project, an EU funded project, today presented the Serbian version of the Manual on International Criminal Defence to defence lawyers in Serbia...
Chairperson condemns new restrictions on freedom of assembly and association in Belarus
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
VILNIUS, 24 October 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned newly adopted amendments to existing laws on public assemblies and the security services, saying they will further limit the fundamental freedoms of assembly and association in Belarus...
OSCE Centre in Astana launches seminars for judges on human rights protection at pre-trial stages
Publishing date: 21 October 2011
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 21 October 2011 – The first of three OSCE-supported training seminars for local judges to promote human rights protection at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings through better judicial review was launched in Almaty today...
War Crimes Justice Project trains defence lawyers in Kosovo with newly developed practice manual
Publishing date: 19 October 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 19 October 2011 – An advocacy-skills training for 20 defence lawyers appearing in war crimes cases was held today in Prishtinë/Priština, as part of the War Crimes Justice Project...
OSCE Mission launches helpline for human trafficking and domestic violence victims in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 October 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 18 October 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Interior Ministry launched today an anti-trafficking and domestic violence helpline...
ODIHR supports stronger national human rights institutions in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
The importance of establishing strong and independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Central Asia was the focus of a workshop organized by ODIHR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 12 October...