News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR coalition-building workshop in Warsaw brings together activists to promote best practices in reporting hate incidents
Publishing date: 21 June 2018
Efforts to address anti-Semitism, discrimination and intolerance through coalition-building and to create networks and coalitions to better report on hate incidents were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 20 and 21 June 2018 in
OSCE Mission to Skopje supported workshop on combating corruption
Publishing date: 21 June 2018
A two-day workshop aimed at assisting representatives of law enforcement bodies to combat corruption concluded on 21 June 2018 in Skopje.
OSCE supported second workshop on identification guidelines to better assist victims of trafficking among migrants and refugees
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
The second in a series of OSCE workshops on the development of guidelines and a training module for better co-ordinated, harmonized and victim-centred identification of human trafficking cases among mixed migration flows concluded in Athens on 20 June 2018. The one-day event was organized jointly by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) and the Office of the National Rapporteur on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
Challenges related to democratic representation in age of populism tackled at Brussels conference co-organized by ODIHR
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
Promoting dialogue to reflect on opportunities and challenges related to democratic representation in the age of rising populism was the focus of a conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Brussels from 18 to 20 June 2018. The conference,
OSCE supports Water for Sustainable Development conference in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
A two-day high-level international conference on the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” started in Dushanbe on 20 June 2018. The Conference is organized by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan in co-operation with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Water and in partnership with the OSCE and other international organizations
Lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River strengthen their human rights protection skills at OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 19 June 2018
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a workshop in Tiraspol on 15 June 2018 for 35 legal professionals from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on international standards regulating the right to the freedom of movement...
Empowering women for stronger participation in public and political life key to democratic society, say participants in ODIHR-supported Congress of Women in Lodz
Publishing date: 18 June 2018
The importance of full participation of women in public and political life, and of co-operation between women’s parliamentary bodies and civil society, particularly organizations promoting women’s rights, was highlighted during the 10th National Congress of Women, which took place in Lodz, Poland,