News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s Constitutional Court sign agreement to foster human rights protection, rule of law
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
Yurii Baulin, Chairperson of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court and Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signed a Memorandum on Co-operation to streamline future joint efforts to strengthen the rule of law, democratic development, promote international standards in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The signing ceremony took place in Kyiv on 16 July 2014...
Serbia as 2015 Chairmanship to work on crisis resolution, water governance, youth and security, Foreign Minister tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 July 2014
VIENNA, 15 July 2014 – Addressing crises and conflicts in the OSCE region, advancing regional co-operation with a special focus on Western Balkans, stepping up work on youth and security and promoting water governance are among the priorities of the incoming Serbian Chairmanship in 2015, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić told OSCE participating States today...
OSCE/ODIHR trains law enforcement officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina on protecting human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 11 July 2014
Complying with human rights standards while enhancing counter-terrorism strategies and skills was the focus of two days of training for law enforcement officers from Bosnia and Herzegovina organized in Sarajevo by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 10 and 11 July 2014.
OSCE establishes Youth Advisory Group in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
SARAJEVO, 4 July 2014- Eight young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina have been selected as members of the newly-established Youth Advisory Group at the OSCE Mission to the country, and today held their first meeting with Mission staff in Sarajevo...
Human rights violations root causes of instability, UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay tells OSCE
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Navi Pillay addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 3 July 2014 to mark the deeper co-operation between her office and OSCE...
OSCE/ODIHR Director congratulates Ilkka Kanerva on election as President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today congratulated Finnish Member of Parliament Ilkka Kanerva on his election as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
OSCE trains Ukrainian social service providers on working with domestic violence offenders
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Thirty representatives of social service providers from various regions of Ukraine were trained on effectively handling domestic violence cases and working with offenders, during a two-day session in Lviv in western Ukraine that ended on 2 July 2014...