News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR supports research on unreported hate crimes and hate incidents in Poland
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights, surveyed people of African descent and Muslims in Warsaw, and Ukrainians in Krakow in a study designed to provide a better understanding of the scale of
Strategies to improve security of Muslim communities and reduce hate crime the focus of ODIHR-organized consultations in Frankfurt
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
Understanding hate crimes against Muslims and developing guidelines to address the security needs of Muslim communities was at the centre of regional stakeholder consultations for Western Europe co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Frankfurt,
ODIHR publishes new guide to assist civil society in building lasting coalitions to address intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released a new guide to assist civil society organizations in building lasting coalitions to promote tolerance and non-discrimination and to address anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. The launch event took place in Brussels on 26
ODIHR coalition-building workshop in Warsaw brings together activists to promote best practices in reporting hate incidents
Publishing date: 21 June 2018
Efforts to address anti-Semitism, discrimination and intolerance through coalition-building and to create networks and coalitions to better report on hate incidents were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20 and 21 June 2018 in
Addressing the security needs of Jewish communities focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Bratislava
Publishing date: 14 June 2018
Addressing the security needs of Jewish communities was the focus of an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, in co-operation with the Interior Ministry of the Slovak
ODIHR publishes manual on joint training on hate crime for police and prosecutors in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new publication to help train police and prosecutors to address hate crimes in Bulgaria at a workshop organized in partnership with the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Institute of Justice on 12 June 2018 in Sofia.
ODIHR supports inter-agency co-operation on addressing hate crime in Greece
Publishing date: 6 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) facilitated the signing of an inter-agency protocol on addressing hate crime at an event on 6 June 2018 in Athens. It was organized in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights of Greece. The