News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link, UN Special Rapporteur Mendez call on states to ensure redress, including full rehabilitation for torture victims, and to protect and provide care for those fleeing torture
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
WARSAW/GENEVA, 24 June 2016 – Ahead of Sunday’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Juan E. Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, called for redoubling of efforts to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment and to fully implement the victims’ rights to obtain full and effective redress, including full rehabilitation...
No Security without human rights, say panellists at Security Days Night-Owl session in Berlin
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
Berlin, 24 June 2016 – At the Night-owl session of the Security Days event “From Confrontation to Co-Operation: Restoring Cooperative Security in Europe”, held on 23 June, more than 100 participants representing OSCE participating States, the European Union, think-tanks, civil society, the media and the academic community, discussed the importance of protecting fundamental freedoms in times of crisis. The aim of the session was to explore how to protect fundamental freedoms in times of crisis.
Gender perspective in reaching out to audiences in focus of OSCE/ODIHR-organized workshop in Ukraine
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
Building capacities of Ukrainian gender equality advisors was the focus of the workshop Mainstreaming Gender into Communication, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Equal Opportunities Caucus of the Parliament of Ukraine in Lviv, western Ukraine, on 24 June 2016.
Awards for promoting universal rights in Armenia presented by OSCE and international partners
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
Armenia’s civil rights activists, government officials, representatives of media and civil society were presented with awards in recognition of their outstanding efforts to promote human rights, rule of law, government reforms and free speech in the country on 23 June 2016 in Yerevan...
Young people in Albania say NO to corruption
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania held a ceremony to award winners of a national essay competition for high school and university students called Young People Say NO to Corruption on 22 June 2016...
OSCE Special Representative for Transdniestrian Settlement Process says now is the time to fulfil remaining provisions of Berlin Protocol
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
CHISINAU, 24 June 2016 – The Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, Cord Meier-Klodt, concluded today his fourth visit to the region in 2016 to meet with political representatives in Chisinau and Tiraspol...
Migration and human trafficking in focus of joint visit of OSCE Special Representative, Parliamentary Assembly humanitarian Chair, to Italy’s Lampedusa
Publishing date: 24 June 2016
CATANIA, Italy, 24 June 2016 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on Thursday concluded a joint visit to Lampedusa and Catania, Italy, with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly humanitarian Chair in order to assess conditions among migrants and refugees and evaluate risks for human trafficking...