News and press releases

From 4 to 7 November 2014 the OSCE Mission in Kosovo trained 68 lawyers on cross-examination techniques at training sessions held in Prishtinë/Priština and Prizren...

The implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information was the focus of a public discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, with support of the Montenegrin Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information, on 6 November 2014 in Bijelo Polje...

Life imprisonment and child friendly justice standards in European criminal law were among the topics discussed at an OSCE-supported seminar held on 5 November 2014 in Yerevan...

KYIV, 3 November 2014– Ukrainian legal professionals attended the first in a series of training courses, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, aimed to broaden their knowledge on international standards of human rights protection in crisis situations today in Kyiv...

The OSCE Centre in Astana and the Legislative and Judicial Reform Committee of the Mazhilis (lower chamber of the Parliament) with support of the Penal Reform International Office in Central Asia and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry co-organized a study visit to Netherlands from 23 to 28 October 2014...

Effective rule of law-based responses, as outlined in the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector, were the focus of a two-day national training event organized by the OSCE in co-operation with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus in Nicosia on 22 and 23 October 2014 for representatives of agencies in Cyprus that deal with counter-terrorism...

The last in a series of six OSCE workshops on preventing the illegal re-occupation of apartments, houses and land belonging to displaced persons, was held on 24 October 2014 in Gjakovë/Đakovica for representatives of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA), Kosovo Police, judges and prosecutors...