News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for more effective action to tackle trafficking for domestic servitude
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
VIENNA, 28 February 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro called for greater awareness of trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude and more effective action to tackle the crime, during the launch of a new publication focusing on domestic servitude today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo concerned about handling of family law cases
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 25 February 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OSCE) published today its report “Adjudication of family law cases in Kosovo: Case management issues”...
Judges, government officials and NGOs discuss how to promote an independent judiciary during OSCE-supported meeting
Publishing date: 25 February 2011
ASTANA, 25 February 2010 – How to apply international standards of judicial independence in the selection, promotion and evaluation of judges as well as in the co-operation among the judicial, legislative and executive branches was in focus today during an OSCE-supported event held at the Supreme Court...
OSCE Chairperson emphasizes need to respect commitments, offers support to partner countries Egypt and Tunisia
Publishing date: 24 February 2011
VIENNA, 24 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today called on OSCE participating States to fulfil their commitments and said that the Organization could provide advice and assistance to Egypt and Tunisia, both OSCE Partners for Co-operation...
OSCE Office promotes respect for human rights in Armenia's army
Publishing date: 22 February 2011
YEREVAN, 22 February 2011 – An OSCE-supported discussion held today in Yerevan focused on international best practices for democratic control of the armed forces and human rights protection in the military...
Head of OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Central Election Commission’s move to fill in vacancies in electoral commissions
Publishing date: 21 February 2011
TIRANA, 21 February 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, today welcomed the decision of the Central Election Commission to announce vacancies in the Commissions of Electoral Administration Zones (CEAZs) in an effort to bring forward preparations for the 8 May local government elections...
OSCE Chairperson concerned about trials of protestors in Belarus and calls for monitors to observe
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
VILNIUS, 17 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed strong concern today that the courts in Belarus have started trials and the sentencing of people who participated in demonstrations last December. He fully supports the intention of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to send observers to monitor future trials and urges the authorities to ensure that the observers can conduct their work...