News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Participants at high-level OSCE conference in Kyiv call for stronger anti-trafficking action
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
KYIV, 10 June 2013 – Ways to strengthen the OSCE participating States’ response to human trafficking in terms of the prevention of the crime, prosecution of offenders and protection of victims are the focus of a high-level conference that started in Kyiv today...
OSCE promotes dialogue among government officials and religious leaders on sensitive gender issues in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 6 June 2013 – The growing trend of early and non-registered marriages, early motherhood and gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan topped the agenda of a roundtable discussion that took place in Osh today...
On Child Protection Day, OSCE in Ukraine helps raise kids’ awareness of their rights
Publishing date: 5 June 2013
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine joined the country’s Justice Ministry and the Co-ordination Council of Young Lawyers of Ukraine in an award ceremony for the winners of a children drawing contest on human rights. The award ceremony took place on 1 June 2013 to mark the International Day of the Protection of Children...
OSCE Office helps integrate human rights education into Tajikistan’s schools
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
A three-day training course on human rights education for 20 teacher trainers from Dushanbe, Sughd, Khatlon, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Provinces, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in co-operation with the Teachers’ Training Institute of the Ministry of Education, concluded on 25 May 2013 in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports presentation of Ombudsman’s annual report in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2013
KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 17 May 2013 – An OSCE-sponsored presentation of the National Human Rights Commissioner’s (Ombudsman) annual report for 2012 was held at Ualihanov State University in Kokshetau, northern Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports development of prison administration
Publishing date: 14 May 2013
BELGRADE, 14 May 2013 – Ways to improve the rights of persons deprived of liberty and introduce new prisoner aftercare services that will facilitate their reintegration into society and reduce overcrowding in prisons are the focus of a two-day conference that opens in Belgrade today...
Good laws, political leadership necessary for media freedom, says OSCE Permanent Council Chair, in Warsaw
Publishing date: 13 May 2013
WARSAW, 13 May 2013 –The implementation of good laws and sharing of best practices are essential to fulfilling OSCE commitments on media freedom, the Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk of Ukraine, told participants at a human dimension seminar on media freedom legal framework today...