News and press releases

Good practices in applying a gender-sensitive approach to the development of labour migration policies were the focus of a regional workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Riga on 15 and 16 May 2014.

VIENNA, 15 May 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released the first study of its kind demonstrating how visa requirements affect the movement of people across borders in the OSCE region.

WARSAW / THE HAGUE, 12 May 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) today released the report from the joint Human Rights Assessment Mission the two institutions sent to Ukraine in early March 2014...

YEREVAN, 30 April 2014 – Opportunities, problems and challenges of higher education for people with disabilities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today in Yerevan...

Between 11 and 27 April 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a series of five awareness-raising workshops on the protection of property and housing rights of non-Albanian communities, particularly land expropriation, illegal occupation and immovable property tax...

SEMEY, Kazakhstan, 16 April 2014 – Promoting the role of political parties in parliamentary activities in Kazakhstan is the main topic of a two-day seminar supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana. The event, which brought together 25 representatives of national political parties and civil society, began today in Semey, eastern region of Kazakhstan...

Senior border officials from ten OSCE participating States and two Partners for Co-operation completed today a one-week course in Dushanbe on the protection of human rights when countering terrorism at the borders. The training course, which brought together 22 participants, focused on the need to