News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On International Roma Day, OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for greater efforts to improve co-operation between police and Roma communities
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
WARSAW, 8 April 2014 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called today for greater efforts to improve relations and co-operation between police forces and Roma communities. On the occasion of International Roma Day, he further called on law-enforcement authorities to ensure effective police responses to violence against Roma and Sinti people in the OSCE area...
On International Roma Day, the OSCE Mission to Serbia calls for tangible change in daily lives of Roma
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
BELGRADE, 8 April 2014 – On International Roma Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, underlined the need for further efforts to ensure the greater inclusion of Roma in the public and socio-economic life...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues visits Albania, encourages improvement in implementation of gender-related commitments
Publishing date: 4 April 2014
TIRANA, 4 April 2014 – Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues June Zeitlin and ODIHR Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues Mirjam Karoly paid a three-day country visit to Albania from 2 to 4 April...
OSCE Mission to Skopje provides legal information on social rights to Roma community
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a series of four legal information sessions for the Roma community in Skopje, with the last one held on 25 November 2013...
Continued efforts to address the situation of Roma and Sinti needed, say participants of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 7 November 2013
VIENNA, 7 November 2013 – Governments should take steps to more effectively integrate Roma and Sinti communities, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna, which runs until 8 November 2013...
Greater involvement of local authorities needed for successful Roma integration, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
Local authorities need to take greater ownership of and responsibility for the integration of Roma communities, said participants of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR Director highlights tangible results of grants programme during visit to Roma settlement in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 September 2013
BRNJEŠ/BËRNJESH, 5 September 2013 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), visited a Roma settlement in Gračanica/Graçanicë in central Kosovo today, to meet with municipal and Roma community representatives and discuss efforts to promote Roma integration and improve access to public services...