News and press releases

Legal aspects and international judicial practice relating to claims for compensation for moral damages in civil and criminal proceedings were the focus of a two–day seminar launched on 18 November 2016 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Justice, held a practical workshop on 15 November 2016 for 34 representatives of state institutions, civil society and international organizations on how to accurately evaluate progress on justice reforms...

The OSCE Presence in Albania concluded a series of training seminars for administrative justice stakeholders on 9 November 2016. These activities were organized in co-operation with the School of Magistrates and Albanian School of Public Administration (ASPA), with the capacity building aim to strengthen the administrative justice sector...

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is organizing a series of training courses for graduate lawyers from northern Kosovo to help them prepare for the bar exam given by the Ministry of Justice...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 4 November 2016 – The OSCE-supported second National Forum of Defence Lawyers took place today in Almaty...

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3 November 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported a thematic meeting today in Banja Luka of the Supervisory Body for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Processing of War Crimes, representatives of the High Judicial Prosecutorial Council Secretariat, the ministries of justice, and judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases...

More than 30 academics, legal professionals and representatives of civil society and international organizations explored the implications of states of conflict or emergency on fair trial rights at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw