News and press releases

The effective political participation of Roma and Sinti, including of women and youth from these communities, was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 November 2014.

The protection of human rights defenders in Hungary and their work were the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Budapest on 27 and 28 November 2014. The event marked the 20th anniversary of the Budapest Document, “Towards a Genuine Partnership in a New Era”, in which OSCE participating States specifically emphasized the need to protect human rights defenders.

A workshop for police professionals from Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro on using operational analysis as a tool for successfully disrupting organized criminal groups, took place in Belgrade on 25 November...

The OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Interior Ministry hosted a regional conference in Skopje from 27 to 28 November 2014, raising awareness among relevant actors from Criminal Justice System on the need for holistic police reform...

BRUSSELS, 28 November 2014 – International standards and national practices in the area of freedom of religion and belief were discussed during an OSCE-supported working visit to Belgium that concluded in Brussels today...

CHISINAU, 28 November 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova today in Chisinau hosted the concluding meeting of this year of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. This was the last in a series of six meetings held in 2014 out of which three meetings were held in Chisinau and three in Tiraspol...

DUSHANBE, 28 November 2014 – Afghan and Tajik border officers today completed a two-week OSCE patrol medical course in Dushanbe...