News and press releases

Ways to ensure equal opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in public life and political affairs were discussed at a conference co-organized in Helsinki on 31 October 2016 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Finland’s Ministry for Foreign

Responses to violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) requires a comprehensive and resolute strategy, in which families, teachers, community police officers and religious leaders have a key role, concluded participants of an international conference held in Prishtinë/Priština on 26-27 October 2016...

More than 30 academics, legal professionals and representatives of civil society and international organizations explored the implications of states of conflict or emergency on fair trial rights at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw

A group of four customs officials from Kazakhstan’s Finance Ministry and a representative from Kazakhstan’s Chamber of Commerce concluded an OSCE-supported four-day study visit to Basel and Zurich, Switzerland on 28 October 2016...

Successful inclusion of Roma and Sinti in their societies depends on whether their right to vote and be voted for is adequately exercised, said participants at a consultation meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 27 and 28 October 2016.

The last in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars for representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 28 October 2016...

The annual OSCE-supported national conference on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) took place on 26 October 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan, which brought together over 150 representatives of parliament, government institutions, civil society, international organizations and companies in the extractive industry...