News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Protection for witnesses and victims during criminal justice process discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Bishkek
Publishing date: 18 June 2015
BISHKEK, 18 June 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Kyrgyz State Juridical Academy under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic today opened a two-day international conference in Bishkek focusing on the protection of witnesses and victims of organized crime in the criminal justice process...
OSCE visit familiarizes Turkmenistan officials with penitentiary system in France
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
PARIS, 5 June 2015 – Penitentiary and law enforcement officials from Turkmenistan discussed best practices of implementing international standards in the penitentiary system during an OSCE-supported working visit to France that concluded in Paris today...
Universal rights awards presented by OSCE and international partners in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
The OSCE and international partners honoured individuals working to promote human rights, accountable governance, local government reform, and free speech in Armenia at the Universal Rights Awards Ceremony held on 4 June 2015 in Yerevan...
ODIHR Director Link and Ukraine Human Rights Commissioner Lutkovska sign agreement to enhance co-operation in human dimension
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
WARSAW, 3 June 2015- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Valeriya Lutkovska, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, signed an agreement in Warsaw today for greater co-operation between ODIHR and Lutkovska’s office in a broad range of activities in Ukraine, including the promotion of tolerance and gender equality and building greater capacity to monitor the protection and promotion of human rights...
National human rights institutions should support each other across borders, particularly in crisis situations, say participants at OSCE Seminar
Publishing date: 1 June 2015
WARSAW, 1 June 2015 – More than 100 representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society met to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting individual human rights at the three-day OSCE Human Dimension Seminar, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the OSCE.
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches Human Rights Club meetings for 2015
Publishing date: 29 May 2015
CHISINAU, 29 May 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova today held the first in a series of meetings of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River. The event marked the beginning of a year-long project to maintain dialogue among local legal professionals from both banks and to support the development of civil society.
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nebraska legislature vote abolishing capital punishment
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
WARSAW, 28 May 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today commended the legislature of Nebraska for voting to abolish the death penalty in that U.S. state...