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OSCE Mission Hands Over Specialized Vehicles to Kosovo Police to Improve Public Safety and Security

Publishing date: 25 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Arms control, Policing, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over five specialized vehicles to the Kosovo Police K9 unit on 24 June 2025 to enhance the operational capabilities of police canine teams.

Steering Committee Meeting of Regional Trial Monitoring Project Shows Unified Commitment to Justice Reform in Kosovo

Publishing date: 20 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Rule of law
Prishtinë/Priština, 20 June 2025- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo hosted the Steering Committee meeting for the Regional Trial Monitoring Project on Combatting Organised Crime and Corruption in the Western Balkans in Prishtinë/Priština on 19 June 2025.

Protecting Childhood: OSCE Hosts Roundtable on Early Marriages and Child Labour

Publishing date: 12 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law
12 June 2025, Sarajevo – On the World Day Against Child Labour, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a roundtable in Sarajevo titled “Challenges and Gaps in the Institutional Response to Child Labour and Early Marriages”, aimed at strengthening protections for vulnerable children,

Advancing Institutional Capacities to Combat Human Trafficking

Publishing date: 29 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) today marks the conclusion of its project, Simulation-Based Training Exercise for Local Anti-Trafficking Structures in BiH, with a conference attended by approximately 35 in-person participants and additional online guests, including simulation

Towards Safer Communities: Co-ordinated action to end violence against women and domestic violence

Publishing date: 21 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 21 May 2025 – In a decisive step toward strengthening protections for survivors of domestic violence and violence against women, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Mission) convened a meeting today in Sarajevo to advance the implementation of the new legal framework in the Federation of BiH (FBiH).

OSCE Presence builds capacities of Albanian judges and prosecutors on investigative and adjudicating techniques on money laundering

Publishing date: 21 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Good governance, Rule of law
On 19 and 20 May 2025, the Albanian School of Magistrates in close co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania held a specialized capacity-building training aimed at strengthening the skills of judges and prosecutors in investigating and adjudicating complex money laundering cases. About 70 judges and prosecutors participated at the training, including 13 judges and prosecutors from the Academy of Justice of Pristina.

Further reforms needed in Kazakhstan to strengthen fair trial rights: ODIHR monitoring report

Publishing date: 6 May 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
ODIHR Kazakhstan fair trial monitoring WARSAW, 6 May 2025 – In a report summarising its year-long monitoring of more than 400 court hearings related to the January 2022 protests in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) documented court practices that fall