News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes second training on hate crime for representatives of judiciary
Publishing date: 27 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre organized the second in a series of three one-day training courses on hate crime for representatives of the judiciary on 24 November 2017 in Podgorica...
Joint Communiqué from the High-level Forum on durable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo
Publishing date: 25 November 2017
PODGORICA, 25 November 2017- At the OSCE and UNHCR-supported High-Level Forum on Durable Solutions for Displaced Persons from Kosovo, participating institutions, including State Secretary Vukica Jelić (Podgorica), Deputy Prime Minister Dalibor Jevtić (Pristina), Deputy Director Dušan Kozarev (Belgrade) and Migration Unit Director Dejan Ivkovski (Skopje), welcomed further progress achieved in the implementation of the Action Points of the ‘Skopje Process’, and agreed to reinforce commitment to removing obstacles to finding durable solutions for the remaining displaced persons...
OSCE/ODIHR builds capacity of Ukrainian police in preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
Increasing responses to sexual and gender-based violence in Ukraine was the topic of a capacity building event, co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), bringing together police educators and officers from across the country in Kyiv on 22 and 23 November 2017.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana completes 2017 series of seminars on human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
The last in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars for representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan was completed on 23 November 2017, in the Atyrau region.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports roundtable discussion on development of religious legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
ASTANA, 23 November 2017 – The development of legislation and law enforcement practices related to religious activities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held in Astana on 22 November 2017.
OSCE/ODIHR trains Albanian counter-terrorism police officers on protecting human rights in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 22 November 2017
Enhancing the ability to respect human rights while countering terrorism was the aim of a training course organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for 22 officers from the Albanian State Police Counter-Terrorism Directorate in Tirana on 21 and 22 November
OSCE PA human rights committee Chair concerned over case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey
Publishing date: 21 November 2017
COPENHAGEN, 21 November 2017 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, expressed concern today over the case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey. Kiliç, accused of being a member of the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), is set to go to trial Wednesday...