News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains newly-appointed judges in drafting quality court decisions on criminal and civil matters
Publishing date: 30 October 2015
More than 120 newly-appointed local court judges from across Ukraine participated in four OSCE-supported training sessions on opinion writing in criminal and civil matters held from 14 September to 30 October 2015 in the cities of Odesa, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports regional conference of Supreme Court Presidents
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
SKOPJE, 29 October 2015 – Presidents of the Supreme Courts from the region gathered today in Skopje at a high-level conference, co-hosted by the country’s Supreme Court and the OSCE Mission to Skopje, to exchange experiences and draft joint recommendations in regards to applying the practice of the European Courts of Human Rights (ECHR) within domestic jurisdictions...
OSCE Programme Office supports meeting of the Human Dimension Working Group in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the joint meeting on 28 October 2015 in Astana of the working group and subgroups of the Consultative and Advisory Body on the Human Dimension under the Foreign Ministry...
OSCE-supported publications on anti-discrimination standards promoted in Skopje
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
SKOPJE, 28 October 2015 – Two OSCE-supported publications on anti-discrimination standards, designed to help strengthen the capacities of the judiciary and civil society, were promoted today in Skopje...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports civil society’s engagement in justice sector reform
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in co-operation with USAID’s “Fair Justice” Project concluded a two-day forum on 28 October 2015, which brought together public officials, representatives of civil society and the judiciary, and international experts to share best practices and lessons learned in promoting civil society’s engagement in justice sector reform...
OSCE Mission and EU Delegation present OSCE report on war crimes proceedings in Serbia
Publishing date: 27 October 2015
BELGRADE, 27 October 2015 – The OSCE report on War Crimes Proceedings in Serbia, covering the period from 2003 to 2014, was presented today by the OSCE Mission and the European Union Delegation in Belgrade...
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains lawyers on addressing challenges during the application of evidence
Publishing date: 26 October 2015
Some 100 attorneys from across the country attended an OSCE-supported training course in Skopje on 26 October 2015 focusing on the rules of evidence as presented in the Law on Criminal Procedure...