News and press releases

The eleventh graduation ceremony of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek took place on 25 September 2015, which granted master’s degree to 23 students from the Central Asian countries. Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev, Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek Sergey Kapinos and the Director of the OSCE Academy Maxim Ryabkov along with representatives of partner institutions and foreign embassies attended the ceremony...

BELGRADE, 1 October 2015 – The OSCE’s role in providing a common platform for mediation and conflict prevention is more important today than ever, says a new report by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, which was presented today at the Belgrade Security Forum 2015...

Roma and Sinti youth have the potential to become active and engaged citizens, according to the new report Activism, Participation and Security among Roma and Sinti Youth, launched on 1 October 2015 during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

An autumn school in Lviv was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 30 September to 2 October 2015 for law professors from 16 universities across Ukraine with the aim of highlighting the current trends and methodologies on educating criminal procedure law...

Current human rights challenges in policing Roma and Sinti communities in the OSCE region were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2015.

Racist and anti-Roma rhetoric by politicians from far-right and, increasingly, mainstream political parties has been on the rise as part of efforts to capitalize on anti-Roma sentiment among majority communities, participants said at an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Central Council for German Sinti and Roma, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2015.

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a module from 21 to 25 September 2015 for about 50 students of the OSCE Academy’s two master’s degree programmes focusing on the historical background of the OSCE and the nature of its political commitments...