News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Swiss OSCE Chairmanship concludes series of four regional civil society workshops with a two-day event in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 8 September 2014
Some 40 representatives from regional civil society organizations of the South Caucasus and international NGOs took part in a discussion in Tbilisi on 3 and 4 September 2014, organized jointly by the 2014 Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the Georgian NGO Analytical Center for Interethnic Cooperation and Consultations. The focus of the event was on the prevention of torture, the independence of the judiciary, and the institutional and legal framework to combat discrimination...
OSCE Representative concerned about criminal libel charges against journalist in Slovakia
Publishing date: 8 September 2014
VIENNA, 8 September 2014 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the criminal libel charges filed against journalist Dušan Karolyi in Slovakia are worrying and pose a threat to free media...
Stop targeting journalists, urges OSCE Representative following repeated abduction cases in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 September 2014
VIENNA, 5 September 2014 – Following the continued intimidation of members of the media in Ukraine, most recently a series of abductions of journalists covering the conflict in the eastern part of the country, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today again said that the attacks on journalists must stop...
OSCE calls for greater protection of journalists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA / VIENNA, 4 September 2014 – Following recent threats directed at Visar Duriqi, journalist with the Prishtinë/Priština-based news portal Express, the OSCE media freedom representative, Dunja Mijatović today condemned the threats, and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, called on institutions in Kosovo to provide greater security for journalists...
OSCE helps Ukraine to incorporate international mechanisms of human rights protection into education curriculum for judges
Publishing date: 4 September 2014
A working group of professional legal trainers gathered on 3 September 2014 in Tatariv, in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region, to begin developing a national standard for judicial education on how to apply the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the Strasbourg Court in national legal practice...
OSCE Mission, Defence Ministry to host human rights training course for Montenegrin Armed Forces
Publishing date: 3 September 2014
PODGORICA, 3 September 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the country’s Defence Ministry will host tomorrow on 4 September a pre-deployment human rights training for armed forces to be engaged in international missions...
OSCE Chair in Office and Secretary General at NATO to present the Organization’s contribution to co-operative security response regarding Ukraine
Publishing date: 3 September 2014
BERN/VIENNA, 3 September 2014- OSCE Chair in Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, and Secretary General Lamberto Zannier are to present the Organization’s response to the Ukraine crisis during an event at the NATO Summit in Newsport, Wales...