News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains lawyers and police to effectively address hate crimes
Publishing date: 28 November 2018
Fifty-five defence attorneys and police officers strengthened their capacity to identify and effectively address bias-motivated offences at training sessions conducted by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in Chisinau, Comrat and Vadul-lui-Vodă between 21 and 27 November 2018...
Strengthening co-operation between government and civil society to increase security of Jewish communities focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Sofia
Publishing date: 22 November 2018
The security needs of Jewish communities were at the centre of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Sofia on 22 November 2018. The event, organized in partnership with Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, the “Shalom” Organization of Jews in Bulgaria
On International Day for Tolerance, OSCE/ODIHR Director urges states to renew efforts to counter hate-motivated crime as new hate crime data published
Publishing date: 16 November 2018
WARSAW, 16 November 2018 – As the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released its hate crime data for 2017 today, on the International Day for Tolerance, ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir called on OSCE participating States to strengthen their efforts to counter hate crime...
OSCE/ODIHR toolkit to help states, civil society adopt comprehensive approach against hate crime presented at Vienna event
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
A toolkit developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to assist participating States in adopting a comprehensive approach to countering hate crime was presented to government officials and civil society representatives at a conference organized by ODIHR in
Addressing security needs of Jewish communities in Western Balkans focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Skopje
Publishing date: 13 November 2018
The security needs of Jewish communities were at the centre of discussion at a regional conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Skopje on 12 and 13 November 2018. The conference, organized in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign
OSCE/ODIHR Director condemns deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue, calls on all political leaders to speak out against anti-Semitism and all forms of intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 28 October 2018
WARSAW, 28 October 2018 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today joined United States and international leaders in condemning Saturday’s attack on a Pittsburg synagogue and offering condolences to the families of 11 people killed in the shooting.
OSCE presents analysis identifying judicial shortcomings in processing discrimination cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 October 2018
There is still no effective system of judicial protection for those who face discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination is inconsistently applied, concludes an analysis presented by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on 24 October 2018 at the Annual Conference of Civil Law Judges in Jahorina...