News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the “Gypsy camp” liquidation at Auschwitz-Birkenau, OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for leaders to speak out against anti-Roma rhetoric, scapegoating
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
WARSAW, 1 August 2014 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), speaking ahead of Saturday’s 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the “Zigeunerlager”, or “Gypsy Camp”, at Auschwitz-Birkenau called today on political leaders not only to refrain from scapegoating Roma and Sinti communities, but also to speak out against racist rhetoric in public discourse that can fuel anti-Roma sentiment in society...
Michael Georg Link takes up post as new ODIHR director
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
WARSAW, 2 July 2014 – Michael Georg Link of Germany assumed his new duties on Tuesday as director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...
OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes research on Roma perceptions of security sector
Publishing date: 16 June 2014
A new study supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia on the major security concerns of the Roma community in Serbia in the light of security sector reform was presented from 9-13 June 2014 in Kragujevac, Belgrade, and Nis...
Teaching of the Roma and Sinti genocide is crucial to addressing discrimination, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
The meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), brought together participants from Roma and Sinti civil society organizations and from academia to discuss experiences and good practices within the OSCE area on teaching about the Roma and Sinti genocide during World War II.
Czech Government must foster equal access to quality education for Roma children, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 29 May 2014
The Government of the Czech Republic must do more to ensure the integration of Roma children into the country’s school system, participants said at a seminar on equal access to quality education for Roma children organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Prague on 29 May 2014.
OSCE Mission, on International Roma Day, urges further empowerment of Roma community
Publishing date: 9 April 2014
The OSCE supports better integration of the Roma community in Montenegro and promotes their right to legal aid and better access to social services, Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Ambassador Janina Hrebickova, said at an event in Bijelo Polje on 7 April 2014 to mark International Roma Day...