News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 April 2018
The second OSCE-supported international forum on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) concluded on 27 April 2018 in Astana...
European Union and OSCE’s support to work of justice institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues
Publishing date: 25 April 2018
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2018 – A specialized three-day training course on trial advocacy in war crimes cases for prosecutors of the Special War Crimes Department on the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Sarajevo...
ODIHR Director urges Armenian authorities to protect and ensure right to freedom of peaceful assembly
Publishing date: 19 April 2018
WARSAW, 19 April 2018 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today urged the authorities in Armenia to protect and ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in the country, as protests there continue...
Freedom of assembly focus of training courses supported by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and ODIHR
Publishing date: 16 April 2018
Upholding human rights while policing assemblies was the focus of two three-day training courses for representatives of law enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Sarajevo and Banja Luka from 9 to 14 April 2018...
OSCE helps to co-ordinate the international community’s project activities in the religious sphere in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 April 2018
On 6 April a meeting on how to improve co-ordination between state agencies and international organizations based in Kyrgyzstan in regard to project activities in the religious sphere took place in Bishkek. This event was conducted by the State Commission for Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.
OSCE supports Tajikistan’s state programme on human rights education
Publishing date: 6 April 2018
A five-day training course on human rights education concluded on 6 April 2018 in Sarob, near Dushanbe.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds training course on moral compensation for victims of torture and their relatives
Publishing date: 4 April 2018
A two-day training course for lawyers on helping victims of torture and their relatives to pursue moral compensation concluded on 31 March 2018 at the new Office of the Union of Lawyers of Tajikistan.