News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Promoting public, political participation of Roma and Sinti fundamental to effective policy making, say OSCE/ODIHR conference participants
Publishing date: 28 September 2016
OSCE participating States should step up their efforts to ensure the full participation of Roma and Sinti in their societies, and particularly their inclusion in political life, said participants in the working session focusing on Roma and Sinti issues held on 28 September 2016 as part of the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw.
Confronting anti-Gypsyism is responsibility of mainstream society, needs strong political leadership, say participants at OSCE Chairmanship event
Publishing date: 6 September 2016
BERLIN, 6 September 2016 – Confronting increasing manifestations of racism and xenophobia against Roma and Sinti and strengthening coalition-building among political leaders to counter discrimination are the focus of an OSCE high-level event in Berlin today...
Ukrainian authorities must stand against anti-Roma violence, address interethnic tension, restore respect for rule of law, says OSCE/ODIHR Director
Publishing date: 2 September 2016
WARSAW, 2 September 2016 – Michael Georg Link, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today expressed concern over the mob violence against the Roma community in the village of Loshchynivka, Ukraine, in the Odesa region, and called on Ukrainian authorities to speak up against anti-Roma rhetoric and violence, immediately address interethnic tension and restore respect for the rule of law...
Local authorities in Hungary’s Miskolc should stop evictions, provide for durable housing solutions for Roma in line with international human rights standards, says ODIHR report
Publishing date: 1 September 2016
Local government authorities in the town of Miskolc, Hungary, should halt issuing eviction orders to Roma residents of social housing, and should promote adequate, sustainable, non-discriminatory solutions to housing segregation, says a field assessment visit report published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 1 September 2016.
ODIHR Director Link and IHRA Chair Constantinescu, on day to commemorate genocide against Roma and Sinti, say greater efforts needed to protect endangered memorial sites and ensure dignity of victims
Publishing date: 2 August 2016
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
WARSAW / BUCHAREST, 2 August 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), called today for greater efforts to protect endangered memorial sites related to the Roma and Sinti genocide during World War II...
ODIHR expresses concerns on recent evictions of Roma in joint statement with other global and regional human rights organizations
Publishing date: 29 June 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) joined with other global and regional intergovernmental human rights organizations and experts in issuing a statement condemning the recent evictions of Roma and Sinti, as well as Travellers, in Europe, on 29 June 2016.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier stresses importance of ODIHR’s work during visit to headquarters in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 April 2016
WARSAW, 19 April 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, today visited the headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in the context of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Office...