News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Report on Roma and Sinti youth released at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 October 2015
Roma and Sinti youth have the potential to become active and engaged citizens, according to the new report Activism, Participation and Security among Roma and Sinti Youth, launched on 1 October 2015 during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
OSCE autumn school on criminal process aims at enhancing education in Ukraine’s law schools
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
An autumn school in Lviv was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 30 September to 2 October 2015 for law professors from 16 universities across Ukraine with the aim of highlighting the current trends and methodologies on educating criminal procedure law...
Participating States have to do more to combat discrimination in policing and police violence against Roma and Sinti, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Current human rights challenges in policing Roma and Sinti communities in the OSCE region were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2015.
Participants at OSCE meeting in Warsaw highlight increasing use of racist and anti-Roma rhetoric by politicians
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Racist and anti-Roma rhetoric by politicians from far-right and, increasingly, mainstream political parties has been on the rise as part of efforts to capitalize on anti-Roma sentiment among majority communities, participants said at an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Central Council for German Sinti and Roma, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 30 September 2015.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducts special module for OSCE Academy students
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a module from 21 to 25 September 2015 for about 50 students of the OSCE Academy’s two master’s degree programmes focusing on the historical background of the OSCE and the nature of its political commitments...
OSCE participating States should implement ODIHR / Venice Commission guidelines on religious or belief communities, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The negative effects of obstacles to accessing legal personality for religious or belief communities, both at the legislative and practical levels, were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 29 September 2015.
OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported jazz workshop and concerts build cultural bridges across the Dniester/Nistru River
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova supported three concerts and one workshop within the 14th Ethno Jazz Festival, one of the largest cultural events in Moldova, which took place in Chisinau, Teleneşti and Tiraspol between 23 and 27 September 2015. The Mission’s involvement was aimed at building cultural bridges and enhancing intercultural dialogue between people on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River...