News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR gathers war crimes investigators at regional meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 25 May 2015
A meeting for war crimes investigators in South-Eastern Europe organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and supported by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 May 2015 in Sarajevo provided an opportunity for investigators to exchange experiences...
OSCE-supported Report of Kazakhstan’s Ombudsman for 2014 Presented Today
Publishing date: 25 May 2015
KARAGANDA, 25 May 2015 – An OSCE-supported report on the activities of Kazakhstan’s National Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) in 2014 was presented today at the Interior Ministry Academy in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine Parliament Committee on Judicial Policy and Justice agree to co-operate on legislation in justice and elections
Publishing date: 22 May 2015
Kyiv, 21 May 2015- OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Vaidotas Verba and Ruslan Kniazevych on behalf of Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Judicial Policy and Justice, signed a memorandum of co-operation on 21 May 2015. The document provides for the development and joint implementation of projects that would help parliamentarians draft and adopt laws, strengthening the rule of law in Ukraine.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports policy discussions on anti-corruption assessment
Publishing date: 18 May 2015
A three-day workshop on ways to integrate anti-corruption assessment into the legal policy of Tajikistan concluded at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on 15 May 2015...
Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje expresses concern over yesterday’s protests in Skopje
Publishing date: 6 May 2015
SKOPJE, 6 May, 2015-The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Ralf Breth, expressed concerns over yesterday’s protests in front of the government building in Skopje...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić completes two-day visit to OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, supports the country’s commitments to positive reform-oriented agenda
Publishing date: 30 April 2015
Collections: 2015 OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits the Western Balkans, Kryesuesi i radhës i OSBE-së për vitin 2015 viziton Ballkanin Perëndimor
SARAJEVO, 30 April 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić completed on Wednesday a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). During his visit, Dačić met BiH Presidency members Mladen Ivanić, Bakir Izetbegović and Dragan Čović, Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Crnadak, Chairperson of BiH Council of Ministers Denis Zvizdić, Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and Federation of BiH President Marinko Čavara. During his meetings with senior state officials in Sarajevo, he highlighted the important role that Bosnia and Herzegovina plays in promoting regional co-operation and commended the government for its commitment to undertaking the necessary socio-economic reforms...
Time to tackle the OSCE’s lack of legal status, say participants at Helsinki +40 seminar
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE’s lack of a clear, international legal status and the challenges that result for its personnel, particularly during crisis situations, was the topic of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s latest Helsinki +40 seminar, held on 27 April in Copenhagen...