News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Intolerance faced by migrants, refugees at the centre of OSCE/ODIHR fact-finding workshop in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
Hate incidents targeting migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were at the centre of a fact-finding workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 11 December 2015.
OSCE/ODIHR report provides recommendations on improving the legislative process in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
The legislative process in Kyrgyzstan should be comprehensive and policy-based, says an OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) assessment, presented in Bishkek on 11 December 2015 at a meeting co-organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
OSCE Programme Office launches seminars on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
An OSCE-supported seminar on implementing the law on access to information took place on 11 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, bringing together some 60 parliamentarians, government officials, journalists, and representatives of civil society and international organizations...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports award ceremony to mark International Anti-Corruption Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December 2015, the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with partners supported an annual award ceremony recognizing media, business community and civic activists for their efforts in the fight against corruption and in promoting the rule of law, access to justice and accountability. Those honoured were distinguished for their successes in using the legal system to hold business and corporate actors accountable to employees and consumers...
Modern methods of combatting corruption in Kyrgyzstan outlined at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Modern methods of combatting corruption were the focus of a conference on 9 December 2015 organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the General Prosecutor’s Office to mark International Anti-Corruption Day...
OSCE supports training course on trial monitoring for civil society organizations
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and USAID’s “Fair Justice” project organized a two-day training course for 22 representatives of civil society organizations on trial monitoring, which concluded on 10 December 2015 in Kyiv...
OSCE Mission to Moldova concludes series of seminars on addressing gender inequalities and combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
On 8 December 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held the last in a series of seminars for college and university students on gender equality, domestic violence and family counselling. The final seminar, held in Balti, provided 35 students and teachers of social work with information on assisting the victims of domestic violence and on rehabilitating the perpetrators of domestic violence...