News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training seminar on torture prevention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 July 2016
ASTANA, 4 July 2016 – A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the practical aspects of implementing the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for preventing torture began today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE parliamentarians consider resolutions on security, economic and environmental concerns and human rights
Publishing date: 2 July 2016
TBILISI, 2 July 2016 – Nearly 300 parliamentarians from 54 OSCE countries have begun debates on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session in Tbilisi...
Psychologists and professionals working with domestic violence victims trained at OSCE-supported events in Moldova on both banks
Publishing date: 30 June 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held the final in a series of three training sessions for 12 psychologists and professionals working with domestic violence victims. The session took place on 27 June 2016 in Rybnitsa, a town on the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 25th Annual Session set to begin in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 30 June 2016
TBILISI, 30 June 2016 – Held under the theme “25 Years of Parliamentary Co-operation: Building Trust Through Dialogue,” the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2016 Annual Session will begin Friday in Tbilisi, Georgia, with keynote speeches by Georgian Speaker of Parliament David Usupashvili, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland), and OSCE Chairman-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier...
OSCE-supported Regional Housing Programme Steering Committee meeting in Sarajevo, explores durable solutions
Publishing date: 28 June 2016
SARAJEVO, 28 June 2016 – The meeting of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) Steering Committee today in Sarajevo brought together representatives of donors, partner countries, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the OSCE and the Council of Europe Development Bank, to discuss achievements, best practices and challenges in implementing the Programme on Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons...
Parliamentarians describe OSCE PA’s migration work to OSCE’s governmental side, urge comprehensive response to crisis
Publishing date: 27 June 2016
VIENNA, 27 June 2016 – Improving international co-operation in response to the refugee and migrant crisis was emphasized by a number of OSCE parliamentarians at a meeting of the OSCE’s Informal Working Group Focusing on the Issue of Migration and Refugee Flows today in Vienna...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link, UN Special Rapporteur Mendez call on states to ensure redress, including full rehabilitation for torture victims, and to protect and provide care for those fleeing torture
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
WARSAW/GENEVA, 24 June 2016 – Ahead of Sunday’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Juan E. Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, called for redoubling of efforts to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment and to fully implement the victims’ rights to obtain full and effective redress, including full rehabilitation...