News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE continues training Kazakhstan’s transport police on risk profiling
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar on risk profiling techniques to ensure public safety at transportation facilities concluded on 14 September 2018 in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The event was co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations at Austrian Parliament
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
Experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Vienna on 12 and 13 September 2018 to present ODIHR’s final report on the 15 October 2017 early parliamentary elections in Austria. The report’s findings and recommendations were presented at an expert
Good practices for building civil society coalitions to address intolerance and discrimination subject of OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 13 September 2018
Good practices for promoting tolerance and non-discrimination and the challenges that civil society may face in this work were the subject of an event held on 13 September 2018 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the margins of the Human Dimension
Measures to end trade in torture tools in OSCE region focus of expert discussion in Warsaw
Publishing date: 13 September 2018
Existing regional processes to control the trade of equipment that was designed or can be used for torture or other ill-treatment was the focus of an event organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Omega Research Foundation on 12 September 2018, during the
OSCE co-organizes 10th annual regional workshop in Kazakhstan on explosive hazards
Publishing date: 13 September 2018
The 10th annual OSCE regional workshop on explosive hazards reduction and response in Central Asia concluded in Astana on 13 September 2018. This year, the event focused on the emerging threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and best practices in countering them...
ODIHR presents new guidelines on protecting human rights while countering threats posed by “foreign terrorist fighters”
Publishing date: 12 September 2018
Human rights-compliant approaches to addressing threats and challenges posed by “foreign terrorist fighters” are the focus of a new publication presented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at an event on 12 September 2018, during the annual Human Dimension
Slovenia parliamentary elections professionally administered, ODIHR final report concludes, while recommending efforts to enhance oversight of campaign and campaign financing
Publishing date: 12 September 2018
The final report on Slovenia’s 3 June 2018 parliamentary elections issued by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 12 September 2018 concludes that the elections were administered in a professional and efficient manner, with a high level of confidence among