News and press releases

VILNIUS, 11 October 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed concern at the conviction today of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and urged full transparency during the appeals process...

The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Municipality of Elbasan organized on 11 October 2011 the first of a series of ten training seminars on child protection...

Violations of property rights, a poor socio-economic situation, security concerns and a lack of participation in public affairs are some of the pressing issues affecting the Kosovo Croat community in Viti/Vitina municipality, concludes an OSCE Mission in Kosovo report published on 10 October 2011.

Some 20 police and penitentiary officers working in detention facilities participated in a two-day specialized training course on international standards related to the treatment of suspects and accused in custody.

The OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a series of one-day regional workshops to promote co-operation between the Interior Ministry and the Labour and Social Policy Ministry in dealing with and assisting street children...

WARSAW, 29 September 2011- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, expressed concern about the passage of restrictive religion legislation by Kazakhstan’s senate earlier today and called for a review of the law before it is signed into force...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented a report on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 28 September on the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw...