News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
“Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law”: new publication presented by OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
On 21 October 2013 the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented a publication “Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law” written by Zoran Pazin, State Agent of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg...
OSCE Office helps strengthen human rights protection, monitoring in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
Training on international human rights standards and domestic legislation for representatives of civil society organizations monitoring penitentiary institutions, and penitentiary servants was held from 17 to 20 October 2013 by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the Helsinki Committee of Armenia and the non-governmental organization Penal Reform International...
OSCE supports exhibition on Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
An OSCE-supported exhibition by French photographer Eric Gourlan opened on 18 October 2013 at the Kyrgyzstan’s Theatre of Fine Arts. The exhibition features 40 pictures Gourlan took in two men’s colonies, a colony for women and a colony for adolescents. The images reflect the everyday routine of both the detainees and staff members of the colonies.The project is being implemented with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service, non-governmental organizations Egl and Freedom House...
Responsibility of media in reporting on court proceedings theme of OSCE seminar in Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Responsibility of media when reporting on court proceedings was the topic of a seminar organized by the OSCE Mission on 15 October 2013 in Podgorica. The focus of the debate was the balance journalists and editors need to strike between exercising the right to freedom of expression, on the one hand, and respecting presumption of innocence and the right to privacy during court cases, on the other hand...
OSCE Presence in Albania shares experiences on probation as alternative to custody, at international conference
Publishing date: 11 October 2013
An expert from the OSCE Presence in Albania took part in the first World Congress on Probation that the European Organization for Probation held from 8 to 10 October 2013 in London...
Mongolia’s gender equality law largely in line with OSCE commitments, though certain aspects could benefit from review, says ODIHR opinion
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
Mongolia’s law on promoting gender equality largely complies with international human rights standards and OSCE commitments, but certain aspects of the legislation could benefit from further clarification and review, concludes a legal opinion prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
New trends and challenges in trial monitoring examined at ODIHR annual meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
Recent trends and challenges in the monitoring of trials were the focus of a meeting that brought together representatives of civil society and OSCE field missions at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 7 and 8 October 2013...