News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR hosts exhibition in Warsaw celebrating prominent women of 19th and 20th-century Georgia
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
An exhibition of images and biographies of distinguished women of Georgia – painters, artists, writers and public figures – who redefined women’s roles in the 19th and 20th-century Georgian society opened at the headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in
Twenty-six women leaders complete OSCE Border Management Staff Course
Publishing date: 12 June 2018
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded its 21st Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders on 8 June in Dushanbe.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe hosts visit to assess projects funded by Japan
Publishing date: 11 June 2018
On 7 and 8 June 2018, the Programme Office in Dushanbe hosted a delegation from the Japanese Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna. The main purpose of the visit was to assess the effectiveness of projects funded by Japan and implemented by the Office in the past several years.
OSCE and Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative publish comparative analysis of asset recovery legislation and practice in Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova and Romania
Publishing date: 11 June 2018
The OSCE and the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) have published a study on 8 June 2018 analysing asset recovery mechanisms in Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova and Romania...
OSCE Representative raises concern over seizure of New York Times’ journalist’s records in the United States
Publishing date: 8 June 2018
VIENNA, 8 June 2018- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today sent a letter to the United States authorities to express concern about the seizure of a journalist’s records as part of an ongoing investigation into the leaking of classified information and to enquire whether the seizure respected national and international standards on the protection of journalistic sources...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over seizure of journalist’s records in leak investigation in the Netherlands
Publishing date: 8 June 2018
VIENNA, 8 June 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his concern about the seizure of a Dutch journalist’s records as part of an ongoing investigation into the leaking of classified information...
Role of national human rights institutions in lawmaking and supporting human rights defenders the focus of fifth NHRI Academy in Helsinki
Publishing date: 8 June 2018
Representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from the OSCE region developed their knowledge and skills in promoting and protecting human rights during the fifth NHRI Academy organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Network