News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to BiH launches war crimes processing project
Publishing date: 26 March 2013
SARAJEVO, 26 March 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the governments of the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, the United States of America and Italy, and in partnership with five judicial authorities and the European Union, officially launched in Sarajevo today the “War Crimes Processing Project”...
OSCE media freedom representative presents legal review of Georgian broadcasting law amendments
Publishing date: 25 March 2013
LONDON, 25 March 2013 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to the Georgian Foreign Minister, Maia Panjikidze, today presented a legal review of amendments to the Georgian broadcasting law, emphasizing the need to ensure the full functioning of the public broadcaster during the transition period.
On International Women’s Day, ODIHR Director stresses role of education in improving situation of Roma and Sinti women
Publishing date: 8 March 2013
WARSAW, 8 March 2013- Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, called today for greater efforts to ensure full access to educational opportunities for Roma and Sinti women in order to help them overcome multiple forms of discrimination, on the occasion of International Women’s Day...
Gender equality essential in building secure, peaceful future, says OSCE Chairperson ahead of International Women’s Day
Publishing date: 7 March 2013
THE HAGUE, 7 March 2013 – Strengthening security and peace in the OSCE area will be impossible without full and equal participation of women in economic, political and social spheres of life, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said today, speaking ahead of International Women’s Day marked on 8 March...
OSCE Head of Mission expresses support for High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
SARAJEVO, 1 March 2013 – Fletcher Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, discussed justice sector reform today with Admir Suljagic, the Director of the Secretariat of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE launches project to promote mentor networks for women’s empowerment
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
An OSCE project to establish “mentor networks” to help women help each other to participate in political, economic and social life and achieve equality started with a training course in Belgrade on 26 and 27 February 2013...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to mark 20 years of preventing ethnic conflict
Publishing date: 25 February 2013
THE HAGUE, 25 February 2013 – An event to mark the 20th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will take place in The Hague on 7 March...