News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Brussels event, co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR, focuses on protection of human rights defenders, including role of international organizations
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
More than 70 human rights defenders gathered in Brussels from 20 to 22 March 2017 to discuss how to strengthen regional networks of human rights defenders in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey, at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the European Parliament.
Strengthening work of ombuds institutions for armed forces focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
Strengthening the work of ombuds institutions for the armed forces in the OSCE region was the focus of a three-day event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw from 20 to 22 March 2017. The event, which started with a conference and was
OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations with Lithuanian officials, civil society and media in Vilnius
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Vilnius from 21 to 22 March 2017 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the 9 October 2016 parliamentary elections in Lithuania. The report’s findings and recommendations were
OSCE Mission to Serbia hosts workshop on prevention of violent extremism
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
A two-day workshop on the prevention of violent extremism, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Interior Ministry, took place on 20 and 21 March 2017 in Belgrade...
OSCE/ODIHR final report calls for comprehensive electoral reform in Uzbekistan, offers recommendations to assist
Publishing date: 22 March 2017
The review of limitations on fundamental rights, the harmonization of electoral laws and the removal of restrictions on the rights of individuals to vote and run as candidates are some of the main recommendations contained in the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and
OSCE Secretary General briefs 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier briefed the 60th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on 14 March 2017 in Vienna, highlighting the OSCE’s activities in tackling the world drug problem...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo Police women officers on operational command duties
Publishing date: 17 March 2017
The OSCE Mission and the Association of Kosovo Police Women organized a five-day training course on operational commanders’ duties for senior female police officers. The training course, attended by 14 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants – heads of different units within the Kosovo Police- was held from 13 to 17 March 2017 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...