News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Youth Contact Group presents two dialogue facilitation projects
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) held a workshop in the Ukrainian capital on 26-28 September 2015 for its new Kyiv Youth Contact Group. The OSCE initiative brings together 16 students from across Ukraine to discuss opportunities for dialogue facilitation with the aim of reducing tensions in the country...
Kyrgyz Prime Minister commends work and co-operation with OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
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...
Human rights and gender issues within the police in focus at OSCE roundtable discussion in Yerevan
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
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...
Report on Roma and Sinti youth released at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 October 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.
OSCE autumn school on criminal process aims at enhancing education in Ukraine’s law schools
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
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...
Participating States have to do more to combat discrimination in policing and police violence against Roma and Sinti, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
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.
Participants at OSCE meeting in Warsaw highlight increasing use of racist and anti-Roma rhetoric by politicians
Publishing date: 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.