News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2016 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 7 December 2016
BELGRADE, 7 December 2016 – Two Supreme Court of Cassation judges, Radmila Dragičević Dičić and Snežana Andrejević, journalist Tamara Skrozza, and Novi Pazar State University professor Senad Ganić received the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Person of the Year Award at a ceremony today in Belgrade...
OSCE Presence in Albania and partners conclude series of awareness-raising events to promote alternatives to custody
Publishing date: 6 December 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania, on 6 December 2016 in Tirana, concluded a series of events held throughout the year with Albanian judges and prosecutors with the aim of raising their awareness on alternatives to custody as a part of a project by the OSCE Presence to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports constitutional reform on enhancing judicial independence
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
BELGRADE, 29 November 2016 – More than 200 judges and experts from Serbia discussed the constitutional reform process during a conference organized by the Supreme Court of Cassation, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Council of Europe today in Belgrade...
As Republic of Moldova drafts its first Holocaust Action Plan, OSCE Mission supports Moldovan delegation at IHRA plenary
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
From 6 to 10 November, the OSCE Mission to Moldova accompanied and supported a Moldovan delegation to the plenary meeting of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in Iasi, Romania. A priority for the delegation was to receive input for the first ever Moldovan Holocaust Action Plan, by drawing on best practices from other countries’ experiences. Romania in particular provided helpful insights to the Moldovan delegation, including by hosting a visit to the Iasi Jewish cemetery and to a former Holocaust killing site, which now serves as a museum.
Training seminar series for defence lawyers on new criminal procedure legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2016
An OSCE-supported series of two-day training seminars defence lawyers, aimed at enhancing their understanding as well as common interpretation and implementation of the new criminal procedure legislation concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 26 November 2016...
OSCE Mission, Serbian State Attorney's Office organize first regional meeting of State Attorneys in Belgrade
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
BELGRADE, 25 November 2016 – The role of State Attorneys in the rule of law and the provision of legal services were discussed at the first regional meeting of State Attorneys which concluded today in Belgrade...
Ensuring independence and quality of judiciaries vital for democratic societies say participants at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
WARSAW, 21 November 2016 – Promoting effective justice systems and, in particular, ensuring the independence and quality of judiciaries are vital to the promotion of human rights and democratic societies, participants at the opening of an OSCE meeting in Warsaw said today...