News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ensuring freedom of religion or belief and tolerance and non-discrimination for all is vital to security, say participants at OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
VIENNA, 22 June 2017 – Freedom of religion or belief, and tolerance and non-discrimination are essential to ensuring peace and security in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
Experts and activists meet in Skopje to discuss political participation of people with disabilities
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
The stronger political engagement of people with disabilities at the national level and increased co-operation with organizations representing them were discussed during two events organized in Skopje this week by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
On World Refugee Day, OSCE/ODIHR Director underlines commitment of participating States to treat refugees humanely
Publishing date: 20 June 2017
WARSAW, 20 June 2017- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today on World Refugee Day reminded OSCE participating States of their commitment to ensuring the dignified treatment and human rights of all men, women and children wanting to cross borders...
Law students to provide free primary legal aid to vulnerable people across Moldova following OSCE training event
Publishing date: 12 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a training event for 21 law students between 7 and 9 June 2017 to equip them with the knowledge and skills to deliver primary legal aid to vulnerable people across Moldova. Law students from Moldova’s north and south participated in the event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
ODIHR Director Link voices alarm over alleged abduction, ill-treatment of Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 8 June 2017
WARSAW, 8 June 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, today expressed profound concern over the alleged abduction and ill-treatment in custody of Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Afgan Mukhtarli...
Representatives of national human rights institutions from OSCE region gain skills and exchange experiences at 2017 NHRI Academy in Poland
Publishing date: 2 June 2017
Representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from 27 OSCE participating States attended the 2017 NHRI Academy, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) from 29 May to 2 June 2017 in Poznan, Poland.
Human rights and gender in police internal oversight topic of ODIHR event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 30 May 2017
The practical integration of gender perspectives and human rights-compliant approaches into the work of police internal oversight bodies was the topic of a training seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for the newly created Human Rights Directorate of the Ukrainian National Police in Kyiv on 29 and 30 May 2017. Participating in the seminar were 24 participants (17 women and 7 men) from both the central and regional offices of the Directorate and representatives of the Interior Ministry.