News and press releases

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened a one-day conference on 5 September in Istanbul, on the importance of ensuring that Turkish legislation on the regulation of political parties meets international standards and OSCE commitments...

Harmonizing population and voter-registration systems in OSCE participating States, including efficient data-sharing mechanisms in compiling accurate voter lists, is being discussed at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...

The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, spoke at the European Forum Alpbach’s Political Symposium 2011 entitled Justice – Responsibility for the Future on 29 August...

VIENNA, 29 August 20110 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today expressed concern at a new arson attack against a vehicle owned by the Podgorica-based Vijesti newspaper...

PODGORICA, 29 August 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Šarunas Adomavičius, today strongly condemned the continuation of attacks on vehicles owned by the newspaper Vijesti...

BAKU, 28 August 2011- The OSCE Office in Baku is concerned about the convictions of political activists Babek Hasanov, Zulfugar Eyvazov, Elshan Hasanov, Arif Alishli, Elnur Israfilov and Sahib Karimov in connection with their participation in the 2 April demonstration...

A study tour to Latvia and Finland for representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s penal enforcement body took place from 21 to 27 August 2011, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek with support of the Permanent Mission of Finland to the OSCE...