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ODIHR brings together police and prosecutors in Bulgaria at training event on addressing hate crimes

Publishing date: 23 January 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
New ways to effectively co-operate in countering hate crimes were the focus of a training course for 25 police officers and prosecutors from Bulgaria, including 13 women and 12 men, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Sofia on 22 and 23 January 2018.

Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 18 January 2018

Publishing date: 19 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MINSK, 18 January 2018 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its Working Groups in Minsk on 18 January 2018:...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug to visit eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 19 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 January 2018 – The Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug will be in eastern Ukraine from 21 to 25 January 2018. He will assess the security situation along the contact line and its impact on civilians, engage with communities on the ground and visit sites of repair projects for critical infrastructure which the Mission has been facilitating...

OSCE/ODIHR final report on former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s municipal elections recommends continued and inclusive electoral reform

Publishing date: 19 January 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
In its final report on the October 2017 municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends further review of the legal framework. The report, published on 19 January 2018, adds that such a review should be

OSCE/ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Mongolia

Publishing date: 17 January 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report of the ODIHR limited election observation mission for the two-round presidential election in Mongolia, on 26 June and 7 July 2017, during a visit to Ulaanbaatar on 16 and 17 January 2018.

OSCE Representative Désir met Swiss President Alain Berset to discuss closer co-operation

Publishing date: 8 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 8 January 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir met with the President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset today in Vienna...

OSCE Chair-in-Office Kneissl and Secretary General Greminger welcome exchange of detainees in eastern Ukraine, call for full adherence to ceasefire

Publishing date: 27 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Vienna, 27 December 2017- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger welcomed the news of today’s large-scale exchange of prisoners and detainees in eastern Ukraine and urged the sides to build on this momentum in order to achieve further progress in reaching a peaceful resolution of the crisis in and around Ukraine.