News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo holds third edition of Junior Basketball Tournament
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is hosting the third edition of its Junior Basketball Tournament from 25 to 30 June 2018 at the Recreational Centre in Germia Park, Prishtinë/Priština...
ODIHR trains Uzbek law-enforcement officers on human rights and counter-terrorism policing
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
The importance of observing human rights standards to improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policing was the focus of a training workshop held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in Tashkent
OSCE supports seminar on Istanbul Protocol to help investigate torture cases in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar “Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Inhuman Treatment in Accordance with the Istanbul Protocol” concluded on 23 June 2018 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
ODIHR Director marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, calls on states to make clear no form of ill-treatment is permitted
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
WARSAW, 26 June 2018 – “Torture cannot be justified under any circumstances,” Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said on the occasion of today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, while calling on all OSCE participating States to make it clear that no form of ill-treatment is permitted.
Rehabilitation of victims of torture in focus at joint OSCE Chairmanship-ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 June 2018
The rehabilitation of victims of torture was the main focus of a workshop organized in Vienna on 21 June 2018 by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, the Government of Denmark, the Government of Switzerland, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the inter-governmental
OSCE human rights chief stresses responsibility of all states to ensure security and dignified treatment of refugees, particularly the most vulnerable
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
WARSAW, 20 June 2018 – While the countries in the OSCE region have committed themselves to protecting the human rights of all refugees, they also have the responsibility to ensure the security and dignified treatment of all individuals wanting to cross borders, especially the most vulnerable and those at the greatest risk, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said on today’s World Refugee Day...
ODIHR launches two-year EU-funded project on promoting democratization and human rights in Belarus
Publishing date: 19 June 2018