News and press releases

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today published its latest thematic report on: The Right to Effective Representation in Criminal Proceedings and the Ex Officio Appointment System.

Last night, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented five short documentaries on human rights and democratic values, as part of the DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival held in Prizren.

An OSCE-organized training course on passenger and vehicle screening procedures at a maritime checkpoint took place in Ashgabat from 1 to 5 August 2022.  The agenda of the five-day online event included sessions on modern practices in port control procedures and security management operations at

On his official visit to Uzbekistan from 28 July to 2 August 2022, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov met representatives of the national and regional authorities and civil society in the Tashkent and Fergana regions to discuss inter-ethnic relations and regional co-operation.

Eighteen specialists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan completed a three-week regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal course (EOD level 1) at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence in Chimteppa, on 29 July 2022.

WARSAW, 2 August 2022 – Governments need to go beyond their responsibility to remember the Roma and Sinti genocide of 1944 to ensure that school curricula and other educational initiatives engage with young people to discuss the potentially dangerous consequences of racist ideologies, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on today’s Roma Genocide Remembrance Day.

Model OSCE is an engaging workshop where young people simulate the work of the Permanent Council by representing the OSCE participating States, and learn more about the Organization’s comprehensive model of security and its consensus-based decision-making processes.