News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports prevention of violent extremism in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
A two-day seminar for some 50 prison officers on preventing violent extremism and radicalization in prisons took place at the Penitentiary Administration Training Centre in Bishkek on 25-26 November 2014...
OSCE promotes tolerance among young people from different communities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
In an effort to strengthen inter-ethnic and inter-religious tolerance and understanding, from 5 to 27 November 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized three study visits to cultural and religious sites for high school students from Dragash/Dragaš and Prizren municipalities...
OSCE and Azerbaijan organize international conference on strengthening religious tolerance
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
BAKU, 17 November 2014 – An international conference on strengthening religious tolerance, co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus Muslims Board and the National Commission of Azerbaijan for UNESCO, will take place in Baku on 17-18 November 2014. It will discuss Azerbaijan’s model of religious tolerance and existing challenges in the OSCE area and beyond. The two-day event, organized in the following day after the UN International Day of Tolerance (16 November), will bring together more than 100 participants from 11 countries...
OSCE/ODIHR hate crime data for 2013 now available
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
WARSAW, 14 November – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released its data for 2013 on its Hate Crime Reporting website. The release was timed ahead of the International Day for Tolerance on Sunday, 16 November...
Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BERLIN, 13 November 2014 – Political leaders, governmental officials and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region gathered in Berlin today for a conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Declaration on Anti-Semitism and to discuss challenges posed by contemporary anti-Semitism...
OSCE in Moldova trains judges and prosecutors on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
CHISINAU, 12 November 2014 – A group of Moldovan judges and prosecutors completed today an OSCE train-the-trainer course to enhance the capacity of the Moldovan judiciary system to prevent and combat domestic violence...
Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
BERLIN, 12 November 2014 – Political will on the part of governments and partnership with civil society are crucial in addressing challenges related to contemporary anti-Semitism in the OSCE region, participants at an OSCE conference said today in Berlin...