News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Appointment of new judges to Georgia’s highest court lacked integrity and credibility, though procedure was generally well run: ODIHR assessment
Publishing date: 23 August 2021
WARSAW, 23 August 2021 – Despite a number of positive legal changes to the nomination process for the judges of Georgia’s Supreme Court, today’s final monitoring report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shows that the stage of the appointment procedure carried out by parliament still lacks adequate safeguards, negatively affecting the integrity of the overall process.
OSCE-supported Annual Anti-Terrorism Experts Meeting in Issyk-Kul focused on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 20 August 2021
The Eighth Annual Anti-Terrorism Experts Meeting, organized by the Anti-Terrorist Center under the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, and the OSCE’s Action against Terrorism Unit/Transnational Threats Department, was held from 18 to 21 August 2021 in Issyk-Kul.
Countering religious hatred is critical to restore COVID-worn democracy and security, says OSCE human rights head
Publishing date: 20 August 2021
WARSAW, 20 August 2021 – Governments need to work harder to protect victims of religious hate crimes, and consistently condemn and prosecute all bias-motivated crimes, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said ahead of the third anniversary of the United Nations International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Parliament in drafting Human Resources Strategy
Publishing date: 6 August 2021
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Montenegrin Parliament developed a gender-sensitive Human Resources Strategy 2021–2023 with a three-year action plan.
No OSCE observers for Russian parliamentary elections following major limitations
Publishing date: 4 August 2021
WARSAW/COPENHAGEN, 4 August 2021 — The OSCE will not be able to send observers for the upcoming elections to the Duma due to limitations imposed by Russian Federation authorities on the election observation, leaders of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and its Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) announced today.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports digitization of Library of Parliament for joining Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services
Publishing date: 3 August 2021
The Montenegrin Library of Parliament, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, digitally catalogued its collection, enabling it to join the shared bibliographic database of the Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services, known as the COBISS Platform.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro continues advanced training on data visualization for Montenegrin Parliament
Publishing date: 2 August 2021
Building on the training courses conducted in 2020, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized 15 days of advanced training workshops on infographics and data visualization for the staff of the Montenegrin Parliamentary Institute from May to July 2021.