News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for regional co-operation to prevent risk of statelessness
Publishing date: 23 November 2011
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, called for OSCE participating States to remain committed to tackling the risks of statelessness by addressing the lack of registration and civil documentation in South-Eastern Europe, speaking before the OSCE Permanent Council on 17 November 2011...
OSCE launches Hungarian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 9 November 2011
The Hungarian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a seminar hosted by the Interior Ministry of Hungary in Budapest on 8 November 2011...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against rise of anti-Roma violence and extreme nationalism in Europe
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
THE HAGUE, 10 October 2011 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek issued the following statement today...
Discrimination and negative discourse against Roma and Sinti must stop, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 6 October 2011
Governments in OSCE participating States urgently need to tackle persistent discrimination and negative public and political discourse targeting Roma and Sinti. They are unfortunately frequent targets of prejudiced portrayals by politicians and public officials, said participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 5 October...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports national efforts to assist street children
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is holding a series of one-day regional workshops to promote co-operation between the Interior Ministry and the Labour and Social Policy Ministry in dealing with and assisting street children...
Violent anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria show urgent need to combat extremism, OSCE human rights chief says
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
WARSAW, 29 September 2011 – Violent anti-Roma protests that have taken place across Bulgaria over the past days underline the urgency of combating racially-motivated extremism and making progress with the integration of Europe’s Roma populations, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said...
OSCE human rights chief welcomes declaration of official Roma genocide remembrance day in Poland
Publishing date: 29 July 2011
WARSAW, 29 July 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), welcomed today’s decision by the Polish parliament to declare 2 August as the official Roma and Sinti Genocide Remembrance Day...