News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission facilitates discussion on local action plans for inclusion of Roma and Egyptian communities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to the prevention of early forced marriages was the main topic discussed at a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 18 April 2017 in Podgorica...
Training seminar on human rights protection co-organized by OSCE in West Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 April 2017
CHAPAEVO, Kazakhstan, 17 April 2017 – The first in a series of five OSCE-supported three-day training seminars on national and international mechanisms of human rights protection started today in the village of Chapaevo, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Mission, municipalities in Kosovo work to improve social housing programmes
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
The last in a series of five training courses organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning for some 150 municipal officials responsible for social housing and drafting respective three-year plans concluded on 7 April 2017 in Prishtinё/Priština...
ODIHR Director Link expresses grave concern over the passage of amendments to Hungary’s higher education law, calls for maintaining co-operation in the field of education in the spirit of the Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 5 April 2017
WARSAW, 5 April 2017 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today expressed grave concern over elements of amendments adopted to Hungary’s higher education law that could have a serious negative affect on the ability of the Central European University in Budapest to operate...
Prevention of torture in police custody and during criminal investigations at the centre of workshop co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 March 2017
The important role of procedural safeguards in the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment in police custody and during criminal investigations, as well as a discussion on developing a universal set of standards for non-coercive interview and evidence-gathering methods, were the focus of a workshop held in Vienna on 28 March 2017.
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link condemns undue restrictions on demonstrations and unnecessary use of force against peaceful protesters in Belarus
Publishing date: 26 March 2017
WARSAW, 26 March 2017- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, today condemned the reported undue restrictions on public assemblies and the unnecessary use of force by Belarusian authorities against peaceful protestors in Minsk and other cities in the country.
OSCE PA’s Harstedt urges restraint and responsibility by authorities and demonstrators in Belarus
Publishing date: 24 March 2017
COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2017 – Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus, today expressed concerns regarding an increasingly hazardous atmosphere pertaining to demonstrations that have taken place in recent weeks and other gatherings that are reportedly planned to be held tomorrow...