News and press releases

WARSAW/VIENNA, 9 July 2024 – In a new legal analysis of Uzbekistan's draft information code, Matteo Mecacci, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Teresa Ribeiro, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), noted that while the code contains positive elements, it also includes provisions that need improvement to meet international standards and OSCE commitments on freedom of expression and media freedom.

On 4 and 5 July, the OSCE facilitated a training course to enhance the knowledge and skills of criminal justice practitioners from Moldova on investigative techniques in corruption cases. The training course was jointly delivered by practitioners from Guardia di Finanza – Italy’s economic and financial police, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Moldova, and the Romanian National Anti-Corruption Directorate, allowing participants to learn about different models, legal bases and mechanisms in investigating corruption. Special focus was put on Guardia di Finanza’s “follow-the-money” approach, which traces the movement of funds to determine the source and destination of potentially illicit funds.

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported a delegation from the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Tajikistan, consisting of eight mid and senior-level leadership officers, during a study visit to law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1 to 7 July 2024. The visit was organized in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska Ministry of Interior, and the Federal Ministry of Interior of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Over 40 representatives from the Seized Property Management Agency (FAZUOI) and the Judicial Police in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina met to discuss the challenges in executing court decisions and orders regarding the benefits of property confiscation.

PARIS, 5 July 2024 – Kari Johnstone, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Human Trafficking, concluded her two-day visit to France yesterday. At the invitation of French national authorities, she engaged in constructive discussions with government officials, anti-trafficking stakeholders and civil society organizations.

Alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek discussed the principles of a well-governed security sector with a specific focus on climate change as a risk-multiplier for instability in Central Asia at the Summer School on Human Security and Climate Change held from 1 to 5 July in Chunkurchak, Ala-Archa and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

The OSCE Mission to BiH (Mission) welcomes the Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Goražde Government’s (BPC) adoption of a Decree on establishment of an Anti-Corruption Office.