News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Safeguarding human rights must be a priority, OSCE human rights office says
Publishing date: 22 February 2022
WARSAW, 22 February 2022 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expresses profound concern at the events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine, and emphasises the need to uphold and safeguard the human rights of all.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative meets with Ambassador of Romania
Publishing date: 22 February 2022
On 21 February 2022, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro met with the Permanent Representative of Romania to the OSCE (International Organizations in Vienna), Ambassador Stelian Stoian.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative Teresa Ribeiro appalled by killing of Turkish journalist Güngör Arslan, urges swift justice
Publishing date: 21 February 2022
VIENNA, 21 February 2022 — The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, expressed her shock and outrage at the news of the killing of journalist Güngör Arslan, the owner and editor of the local news site Ses Kocaeli, in Turkey.
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Moldova
Publishing date: 18 February 2022
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Moldova Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report and recommendations of the election observation mission to the 2021 early parliamentary elections in Moldova during a
OSCE Media Freedom Representative reiterates her concern about sanctions against media in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 February 2022
VIENNA, 17 February 2022 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro reiterated today her concern regarding Ukraine’s practice of applying sanctions against media outlets.
Gender equality in parliament focus of OSCE workshop for members of parliament, political parties and judges in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 February 2022
Gender mainstreaming in politics and legislation and best practices in reviewing legislation for gender sensitivity were the topics of a two-day advanced workshop that ended on 16 February 2022 in Dushanbe. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) co-organized the event.
OSCE supports webinar on communication skills for local self-governance bodies in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2022
An OSCE-supported webinar on enhancing the communications skills of maslikhats (local self-governance bodies) was conducted from 8 to 11 February 2022 in Kazakh and Russian languages.