News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR supports strengthening regional co-operation among anti-trafficking lawyers
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Lawyers and legal practitioners from six countries gathered to share good practices in providing accessible and effective legal assistance to trafficked persons, during a regional seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Istanbul on 23 and 24 October 2013...
Political leadership needed to tackle current tensions, Council of Europe Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Europe needs political leadership and better law making and enforcement if it is to solve current problems, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjrn Jagland told the OSCE Permanent Council on 24 October 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR provides assessment of migrant integration policies in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
A number of laws and policies are in place in Armenia to promote the integration of migrants into society, but more steps could be taken to make further improvements, concludes an assessment prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the non-governmental organization Migration Policy Group and presented in Yerevan on 23 October 2013...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit language training programme in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
The Hague, 22 October 2013 – The recently appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Astrid Thors, during her first visit to Kosovo tomorrow will visit a language training programme for municipal officials in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on newspaper premises in Moscow
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
YEREVAN, 22 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on the editorial office of Moskovskiy Komsomolets daily in Moscow. During the attack, a number of burning objects were thrown into the lobby of the editorial office, resulting in several people requiring medical help...
“Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law”: new publication presented by OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
On 21 October 2013 the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented a publication “Personal rights to liberty and security and ECHR Detention Case-Law” written by Zoran Pazin, State Agent of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg...
OSCE supports seminar in southern Kazakhstan on water resources management
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
A six-day seminar on integrated water resources management in the context of the national green economy strategy began on 21 October 2013 at the Korkyt Ata State University in Kyzylorda, southern Kazakhstan. The seminar is taking place at a Training Centre established with the OSCE Centre’s support...