News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seminar addresses rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2011
ASHGABAT, 14 November 2011 – An OSCE-organized seminar on education, rehabilitation and social reintegration of prisoners was held in Ashgabat today...
OSCE supports monitoring training for Armenian human rights defenders
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 11 November 2011 – Increasing human rights knowledge and strengthening the monitoring capacities of civil society organizations was the aim of a three-day training course that ended today in Armenia...
OSCE Centre concludes project on strengthening Ombudsman Institution in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
ASTANA, 11 November 2011 – Results of an OSCE project supporting the Ombudsman Institution in Kazakhstan were presented in Astana today...
Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns killing in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 November 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, condemned today the killing of a Kosovo Serb and the wounding of two others in northern Mitrovicë/Mitrovica last night...
Belarus trials highlight need for substantial justice reform, OSCE human rights chief says
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
WARSAW, 10 November 2011 – The trials conducted in the aftermath of the 19 December 2010 presidential election in Belarus highlighted the need for a substantial reform of the country’s justice system, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today following the publication of a report on the findings of ODIHR’s trial monitors...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes Joint Ministerial Declaration on addressing refugee situation in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 November 2011
VILNIUS, 7 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the Joint Declaration signed by the four countries involved in the regional process on ending displacement and ensuring solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), in Belgrade today. He underscored the importance of this process for security and stability in South-Eastern Europe...
OSCE conducts training courses in Pristina and Skopje on the protection of human rights during counter-terrorism investigations
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
The importance of protecting human rights while investigating terrorist crimes was highlighted in two training courses for law enforcement officers held by the OSCE in Prishtinë/Priština (31 October–1 November 2011) and Skopje (3–4 November)...