News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE presents a new methodological tool for teaching human rights at schools in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
An OSCE-supported Human Rights Calendar was presented at Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science during the joint OSCE-Council of Europe event on 9 December 2016 in Kyiv...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek marks International Human Rights Day with discussion on its trial monitoring results
Publishing date: 8 December 2016
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2016, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Human Rights Advocacy Centre held a roundtable discussion on the results of their monitoring of court hearings, with the aim of analysing the findings and collecting recommendations from participants, which included representatives of state structures, civil society and international organizations...
Ahead of International Human Rights Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina focuses attention on rights situation of marginalized groups
Publishing date: 7 December 2016
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), in co-operation with the University of Banjaluka’s Faculty of Political Science, on 6 December 2016 organized a conference in Banjaluka highlighting the problems facing the country’s marginalized communities...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports children’s theatre performance to mark International Day of Human Rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2016
BISHKEK, 6 December 2016 – On the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, supported the production of a theatre play, I Have a Right! for children from social care homes in the Bishkek and Chui provinces...
European human rights officials voice serious concerns over changes to Polish laws on freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 5 December 2016
WARSAW / STRASBOURG, 5 December 2016 – European human rights officials today expressed serious concern over legal amendments passed last week in the Polish Sejm that could undermine the right to freedom of assembly if they become law...
Stronger responses to sexual and gender-based violence in focus at OSCE/ODIHR training course for Ukrainian police educators and officers
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
Effective responses to sexual and gender-based violence was the topic of a train-the-trainers course in Odessa that brought together police educators and officers from all over Ukraine on 1 and 2 December 2016.
Condemning recent execution in Belarus, ODIHR Director repeats call for immediate moratorium on death penalty
Publishing date: 2 December 2016
WARSAW, 2 December 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the execution in Belarus of Siarhei Khmialeuski and repeated his past calls for the authorities to introduce an immediate moratorium on executions...