News and press releases

WARSAW, 26 June 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, expressed solidarity with all those affected and called on OSCE participating States to bolster their efforts to end the practice of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the region...

On 22-24 June 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event for law students on providing legal aid to those in need. A total of 20 law students from four regions of Moldova – Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and Comrat – took part in the training, which was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...

VIENNA, 26 June 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 June – 3 July to discuss media freedom issues with senior government officials, civil society and media representatives...

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The situation at and around the Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne was tense. The SMM observed ceasefire violations in several locations in the Luhansk region. The SMM facilitated a local ceasefire in Raivka (Luhansk region), which allowed for the repairs of an electric substation...

SARAJEVO, 26 June 2015 – The first mobile “Youth and Security” Summer School, held in Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Konjic from 22 to 26 June, concluded today...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 26 June 2015 – The OSCE Programme Office in Astana took part in the presentation of the Special Report on Current Challenges in the Protection of Human Rights in Countering Human Trafficking in Kazakhstan and supported a roundtable discussion on special social services for victims of cruel treatment that took place today in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region...

CHIŞINĂU, 26 June 2015- The election observers deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will present their preliminary statement of findings and conclusions on the 28 June second round of local elections in Moldova at a press conference in Chişinău on Monday...