News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the inter-departmental working group aiming at developing social services for victims of domestic violence that was held in Astana on 29 July 2015...

Implementation of Tajikistan’s OSCE human rights commitments was the focus of a two-day meeting of government, civil society and international community representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe...

WARSAW, 22 July 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), added his voice to calls for the establishment of 22 July as the European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime. The ODIHR Director stressed that efforts to counter hate crime should centre on providing support to victims...

KYIV, 21 July 2015 – A round table “Ukrainian Courts: Reset through the Constitutional Amendments” organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in co-operation with several international agencies and civil society organizations took place in Kyiv today...

Police and prosecutors from Ukraine discussed international standards on freedom of religion or belief and responses to hate crime at two seminars organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vinnitsa on 13 and 14 July and in Odessa on 16 and 17 July 2015.

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 July 2015- The preparatory technical working group meeting on durable solutions for displaced persons, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, supported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), concluded in a positive spirit in Prishtinë/Priština today...

KYIV, 15 July 2015 – OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) jointly with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) completed a two-day training for Ukrainian non-governmental organizations on best practices in trial monitoring...