News and press releases

More than a hundred legal professionals gathered in Lviv to participate in the International Forum on the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, organized jointly by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the law faculty of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv...

COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – The chair of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today called on Russian authorities to ensure the ability of non-governmental organizations, including human rights group Memorial, to continue their important work and rescind restrictive regulations on their activities...

ASHGABAT, 21 November 2014 – Internationally recognized human rights standards and best practices regarding the treatment of inmates in prisons were discussed at an OSCE-organized training course that concluded in Ashgabat today...

An OSCE-supported training seminar focusing on international standards for economic, social and cultural rights and their implementation in national policies began on 19 October 2014 in Aktobe, western Kazakhstan...

COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2014 – On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnistky, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), has called for an end to impunity in Russia and greater attention to the persistent link between corruption and human rights transgressions across the OSCE area...

WARSAW, 14 November – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released its data for 2013 on its Hate Crime Reporting website. The release was timed ahead of the International Day for Tolerance on Sunday, 16 November...

ASHGABAT, 14 November 2014 – International law standards and their implementation were discussed at an OSCE-organized training course for state officials that concluded in Ashgabat today...