News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training course for Montenegro’s parliamentary services
Publishing date: 19 September 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported the Parliament of Montenegro in organizing the first in a series of three workshops for the parliamentary services on 14 and 15 September 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe facilitates discussion on Tajikistan’s National Strategy on preventing violent extremism
Publishing date: 19 September 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan facilitated a one-day roundtable discussion on the country’s National Strategy and Action Plan (NAP) for 2016-2020 on the prevention of violent extremism on 14 September 2017. The event brought together sixty participants from line ministries, the judiciary, key international partners and local think tanks as well as a representative from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Anti-Terrorism Unit....
OSCE/ODIHR-supported Warsaw event highlights the need to respect human rights in prisons to counter radicalization leading to terrorism
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
Protecting human rights while countering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism (VERLT) in the prison context was the subject of a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) in Warsaw on 18
ODIHR event participants call for greater efforts to ensure security for Roma community in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
Ensuring security for the Roma community in Ukraine was the focus of discussions at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 September 2017, during the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
Good practices in promoting Roma and Sinti youth participation presented at ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
Experiences and good practices in supporting the participation of Roma and Sinti youth in the OSCE region were the main topic of a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 September 2017, during the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds workshop on prevention of domestic violence
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe delivered a workshop for a newly-established multi-disciplinary group on preventing domestic violence and supporting, protecting and rehabilitating survivors and victims, on 13 September 2017 in Isfara, northern Tajikistan...
Civil society engagement crucial for effective efforts against human trafficking, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR-supported discussion in Warsaw
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
The important role of civil society in countering human trafficking in the OSCE area was highlighted at an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in Warsaw on 18 September 2017. The event took