News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Freedom of information enhances government transparency, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw highlighted measures to promote free access to information held by governments, as well as the importance of providing legal protection to individuals who expose wrongdoing within organizations – so-called whistleblowers...
Restrictions on right of association for security personnel should be lifted, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
Unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on the right of association for police and military personnel should be lifted, said participants at the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 25 September 2012...
OSCE Mission to Moldova hosts human rights discussion in Transdniestria with UN’s Hammarberg
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
On 18 September 2012 the OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a roundtable discussion in Tiraspol with civil society and local authorities representatives on human rights issues. The event was held in co-operation with Resonance, a Bender-based non-governmental organization...
OSCE/ODIHR launches new human rights education guidelines for law enforcement officials and secondary schools
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new sets of guidelines on human rights education at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2012...
OSCE supports jazz workshops in Transdniestria
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Students of the Rubinstein Musical College in Tiraspol could enjoy jamming with world class jazz musicians in the framework of a workshop, supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 21 September 2012...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps police officers improve basic training
Publishing date: 24 September 2012
Some 24 police officers taking part in an OSCE-supported course which started on 24 September 2012 in Skopje will learn how to better evaluate and improve the quality of basic training...
Gender-sensitive policing can help provide more security to all, say participants of OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 21 September 2012
The OSCE Gender Section held on 21 September 2012 in Vienna a discussion on gender-sensitive policing, its benefits and the challenges it faces, as well as the possibilities for gender mainstreaming within police forces in the OSCE region. The discussion was held on the margins of the OSCE’ Annual Police Expert Meeting which gathers police and security experts from the 56 OSCE participating States...