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Building capacities of criminal justice actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat trafficking in human beings through victim-centred approaches

Publishing date: 4 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutors and other criminal justice professionals concluded the XVII Annual Prosecutorial Symposium, convened from 1 to 4 September in Neum. The Symposium serves as a platform for training, debating criminal justice issues, and the exchange of best practices.

Empowering future leaders: OSCE inaugurates second edition of women’s renewable energy scholarship

Publishing date: 4 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Environmental activities
On 2 September, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities inaugurated the second edition of the OSCE Scholarship Master’s Program for Young Women in Renewable Energy at the Kazakh-German University (DKU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Chair-in-Office Ian Borg takes measures to ensure Organizational continuity amidst leadership transition

Publishing date: 3 September 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Secretary General
VALLETTA/VIENNA 03 September 2024 – Today, the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Malta's Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg, informed the 57 participating States that, in the absence of a consensus on the appointment of a new OSCE leadership, he has taken immediate action to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of the Organization during this transitional period.

The new school year begins!

Publishing date: 2 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Education
Statement of Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year

The OSCE Mission to Skopje Publishes Findings and Recommendations on Youth and Security in North Macedonia

Publishing date: 2 September 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Youth
Skopje, September 2024- The OSCE Mission to Skopje has published a comprehensive research on “Youth and Security: Perceptions, Views, and Challenges of Young People in North Macedonia," shedding light on the concerns, perceptions, challenges and expectations of the country’s youth in relation

Azerbaijan’s elections devoid of real competition amid diminishing respect for fundamental freedoms, but efficiently prepared: international observers

Publishing date: 2 September 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 2 September 2024 – Azerbaijan’s early parliamentary elections did not offer voters genuine political alternatives and took place within a legal framework overly restrictive of fundamental freedoms and the media, although they were efficiently prepared, international observers said in a statement today.

Media Freedom Representative Teresa Ribeiro calls for multi-stakeholder collaboration to foster Media Freedom Literacy in the OSCE region

Publishing date: 2 September 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 2 September 2024- In a new communiqué on Fostering Media Freedom Literacy (MFL) issued today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro recommended that all OSCE participating States adopt a series of multi-stakeholder actions to create an environment that helps people recognize, access, and use different media, as well as understand the importance of a free media as an essential component of democracy and security.