News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR supports stronger national human rights institutions in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
The importance of establishing strong and independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Central Asia was the focus of a workshop organized by ODIHR and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 12 October...
OSCE/ODIHR ready to support Mediterranean partners on path to democracy
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE can provide concrete support to its Mediterranean partners in the transition to democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) told a conference in Budva, Montenegro on 11 October...
OSCE promotes support for victims of human trafficking in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Establishing a more systemic and sustainable protection of the rights of victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation through national referral mechanisms is the focus of an OSCE-supported three-day workshop that opened in Tashkent on 10 October, 2011...
OSCE Presence in Albania contributes to better children rights protection
Publishing date: 11 October 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Municipality of Elbasan organized on 11 October 2011 the first of a series of ten training seminars on child protection...
Better child protection can prevent trafficking, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 6 October concluded that improving local and national child-protection systems can effectively curb the trafficking of children...
Mijatović leads off Global Internet Freedom speaker series at George Washington University Law School
Publishing date: 10 October 2011
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, reiterated her view that free media and national security go hand-in-hand, talking to law students on 3 October at George Washington University at the Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series...
