News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania contributes to better children rights protection
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Municipality of Elbasan organized on 11 October 2011 the first of a series of ten training seminars on child protection...
Mijatović leads off Global Internet Freedom speaker series at George Washington University Law School
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, reiterated her view that free media and national security go hand-in-hand, talking to law students on 3 October at George Washington University at the Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series...
OSCE Centre promotes integrated border management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 10 October 2011- A four-day OSCE-organized workshop on integrated border management for 15 Kazakhstani border service officials began today in Aktau, a city on the Caspian Sea...
ODIHR expert group formed to advise states on political party regulation
Publishing date: 6 October 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced on 5 October the formation of the Core Group of Experts on Political Parties who will help to promote fair and effective regulation of political parties in the OSCE area...
Discrimination and negative discourse against Roma and Sinti must stop, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 6 October 2011
Governments in OSCE participating States urgently need to tackle persistent discrimination and negative public and political discourse targeting Roma and Sinti. They are unfortunately frequent targets of prejudiced portrayals by politicians and public officials, said participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 5 October...
Tackling cybercrime focus of OSCE conference in Baku
Publishing date: 6 October 2011
BAKU, 6 October 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported conference on tackling cybercrime opened in Baku today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supports training course to prevent human trafficking among vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 4 October 2011
ASHGABAT, 4 October 2011 – Twenty-five social workers from Turkmenistan’s regions participated in an OSCE-supported training course on preventing the trafficking of persons with disabilities that concluded in Ashgabat today...