News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 November 2012
VIENNA, 29 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today that legal proceedings initiated against several media outlets in Kazakhstan might severely undermine media pluralism in the country...
Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Co-operation addresses OSCE, stresses need to jointly counter religious intolerance
Publishing date: 30 November 2012
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), addressed the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 29 November 2012 and stressed the need to jointly address intolerance and discrimination on religious grounds...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Spain
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Madrid from 26 to 29 November 2012 to present the final report of the Election Assessment Mission for last year’s early parliamentary elections in Spain...
OSCE supports conference in Ukraine on administrative justice
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
An international conference on the impact of administrative justice for the development of public law started on 29 November 2012 in Kyiv with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE launches network to engage men in fight against gender violence
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
The OSCE MenEngage network was launched on 29 November 2012 in Vienna as part of a larger advocacy effort during the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence...
OSCE Representative highlights journalists’ safety, Internet governance in report to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, told participating States there was still much to be done to end violence against journalists in her last official report of the year to the OSCE Permanent Council on 29 November 2012...
OSCE helps train Kazakhstan’s international election observers
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
On 29 November 2012, representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights spoke at a training seminar on international election observers’ rights and responsibilities organized by Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission...