News and press releases

A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...

Young policy advisors from six OSCE participating States developed their policy-making skills at two training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Poland and Sweden in November and December 2016, respectively.

An OSCE-supported week-long training seminar for the Border Guard Service under the National Security Committee concluded on 9 December 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with the aim of helping officials better communicate with their colleagues and before large audiences...

An OSCE-supported Human Rights Calendar was presented at Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science during the joint OSCE-Council of Europe event on 9 December 2016 in Kyiv...

The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Belarus’s 11 September 2016 parliamentary elections recommends a comprehensive review of the legislation in line with international obligations and standards for conducting democratic elections, and ensuring

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2016, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Human Rights Advocacy Centre held a roundtable discussion on the results of their monitoring of court hearings, with the aim of analysing the findings and collecting recommendations from participants, which included representatives of state structures, civil society and international organizations...

An international conference on modern policies and approaches to prevent and combat corruption took place on 8 December 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...