News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Religious Representatives from Kosovo Visit BiH Inter-Religious Council
Publishing date: 22 April 2015
SARAJEVO, 22 April 2015 – The establishment and challenges in the functioning of inter-religious council and the best practices in promoting inter-faith dialogue were the focus of a two-day study visit of Kosovo religious representatives to the Inter-Religious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which concluded today...
Governments must do more to address anti-Semitic hate crime, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR workshop
Publishing date: 20 April 2015
More than 30 representatives of civil society, Jewish communities and international organizations from across the OSCE region discussed prevention efforts and responses to anti-Semitic hate crime at a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20 April 2015 in Vienna.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative Cardin expresses deep concern over shooting of Walter Scott
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 10 April 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin, today expressed deep concern over the fatal shooting of Walter Scott by a police officer on 4 April in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
Human rights and non-discrimination in focus at OSCE workshop in Yerevan
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
Domestic and international human rights instruments to fight discrimination were the focus of a one-day workshop organized for lawyers and human rights defenders by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, in co-operation with the Council of Europe and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on 20 March 2015 in Yerevan.
Values threatened by hate speech must be reinforced, say Heads of European human rights institutions on International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
STRASBOURG/VIENNA/WARSAW – 20 March 2015 – The most effective way to counter hate speech is to reinforce the values of democracy and human rights that it threatens, the heads of three intergovernmental human rights institutions said today in a joint statement on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...
U.S. Senator Cardin appointed OSCE PA Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance
Publishing date: 9 March 2015
COPENHAGEN, 9 March 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) has appointed U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin to serve as the PA’s first Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance...
Civil society and government authorities must work together to accurately record hate crime in Europe, say conference participants
Publishing date: 4 March 2015
Co-operation among police and civil society in monitoring and recording hate crimes was the focus of the conference “Facing Facts Forward”, organized by CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe, in collaboration with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), in Brussels on 3 and 4 March 2015.