News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains educators and civil servants to teach human rights to Ukraine’s schoolchildren
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
Some thirty school teachers and civil servants were trained on methods in teaching human rights to young people at an event in Lviv, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 6 to 8 December 2013.
On International Human Rights Day, OSCE supports student conference, World Press Photo exhibition in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
ALMATY/ASTANA, 10 December 2013 – On the occasion of International Human Rights Day being marked today, the OSCE Centre in Astana supported a conference for students on the theme of tolerance and non-discrimination as well as supporting the World Press Photo exhibition in Astana. This is the first time that the exhibition has been held in Central Asia...
OSCE-supported campaign marks Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
An OSCE-supported campaign entitled Raise Your Voice to Protect Your Human Rights! culminated on 10 December 2013 with the marking of International Human Rights Day.
On International Human Rights Day, OSCE/ODIHR Director condemns violence against peaceful protesters
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
WARSAW, 10 December 2013 – Violence against peaceful protesters cannot be justified in any circumstance, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly must be safeguarded, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of International Human Rights Day...
New report on implementation of law on peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan presented at OSCE event
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
BISHKEK, 28 November 2013- The current state of freedom of assembly in Kyrgyzstan was discussed today in Bishkek at an OSCE-organized roundtable meeting that also featured a presentation of a new monitoring report on the implementation of the 2012 law on peaceful assemblies in Kyrgyzstan...
ODIHR trains lawyers and civil society representatives from South Caucasus on trial-monitoring techniques
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House...
OSCE/ODIHR Director says Belarusian human rights defender should be released
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
WARSAW, 25 November 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today reminded the Belarusian authorities of previous calls by OSCE Chairpersons-in-Office for the release of human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, who was found guilty on tax-evasion charges in 2011, and added his voice to theirs, calling Bialiatski’s case a violation of OSCE commitments...