News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports publication of report on human rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
On 19 September 2012, Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, spoke at a presentation of the 2011 Annual Human Rights Situation Report translated and published with the support from the Centre...
OSCE Office promotes shadow reporting to protect human rights in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 14 September 2012
BAKU, 14 September 2012- Some 25 civil society activists are learning about using alternative and shadow reports in advocacy and co-operation with international human rights institutions at a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that started today. The OSCE is co-sponsoring the event with the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and Counterpart International supported by USAID...
OSCE supports human rights monitoring in pre-trial detention facilities and penitentiaries in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 12 September 2012
A report on monitoring human rights in remand prisons and penitentiaries under Kyrgyzstan’s state penitentiary service GSIN was presented at a roundtable discussion on 12 September 2012 in Bishkek...
ODIHR holds annual trial monitoring meeting with OSCE field operations and NGOs in Istanbul
Publishing date: 10 September 2012
Representatives from OSCE field missions and NGOs shared experiences and exchanged good practices at the annual trial monitoring meeting held by ODIHR in Istanbul on 10 September 2012...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania visits prison, appeals for better detention conditions
Publishing date: 7 September 2012
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, paid a visit to the Zaharia prison in Kruja, on 7 September 2012, to assess the living conditions of the detained persons...
Armenian teachers complete one-year human rights training course supported by OSCE Office
Publishing date: 17 August 2012
Twenty-two secondary school teachers of social sciences from various Armenian regions are participating in a six-day training session in Tsaghkadzor in the Kotayk province of Armenia that concludes on 18 August 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on countering discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance
Publishing date: 14 August 2012
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 14 August 2012 – Some 40 representatives of state agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered at a roundtable meeting today to discuss the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Kazakhstan on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination...