News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Tools to implement revised UN prison rules focus of OSCE/ODIHR and PRI side event at UN Crime Commission meeting
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Penal Reform International (PRI) provided information about tools to promote and implement the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson
Lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River discuss ethical norms
Publishing date: 23 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the second in a series of Human Rights Club meetings for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on 19 May 2017. The event, held in Chisinau, brought together some 40 lawyers and civil society representatives to discuss current ethical norms and standard practices governing the legal profession...
OSCE provides further support to improve housing for vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro participated on 18 May 2017 in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of 51 apartments in Konik Camp, Podgorica, financed under the Regional Housing Programme (RHP)...
OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2017
The first OSCE-supported forum on Kazakhstan’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM), focused on national and international experience in this field, concluded on 17 May 2017 in Astana.
Lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River discuss ways to better resolve clients’ documentation problems
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first of this year’s Human Rights Clubs discussions for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on 12 May 2017. The event, held in Varnita, brought together some 30 lawyers and NGO representatives to discuss how to better aid clients who encounter issues with their documentation...
New OSCE/ODIHR publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing security needs of Jewish communities
Publishing date: 15 May 2017
BERLIN, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released a new publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, at a launch event in the German Parliamentary Society...
Condemning murder of three Roma sisters in Rome, ODIHR Director Link stresses need for investigation of, robust reaction to possible racist motivation
Publishing date: 11 May 2017
WARSAW, 11 May 2017 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the murders of three Roma sisters, ages four, eight and 20, who died in a fire after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their camper van on the outskirts of Rome early Wednesday morning...