News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
States parties to Dayton arms control agreement on the way to assuming full responsibility
Publishing date: 8 September 2011
The Parties to a key arms control agreement involved in the 1995 crisis in South Eastern Europe are ready to take over from the international community, reported Brig. Gen. Costanzo Periotto of Italy, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Article IV of Annex 1B of the Dayton Peace Accords, to the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 September 2011...
OSCE Head of Mission meets Montenegrin Police Director to discuss arson attacks against newspaper Vijesti, regional co-operation to fight crime
Publishing date: 7 September 2011
The OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Šarunas Adomavičius, met the Director of Montenegro's police, Veselin Veljovic, on 6 September 2011 to discuss the continuing police investigation into the three arson attacks on vehicles owned by daily newspaper Vijesti on 14 and 23 July and on 27 August....
OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits Kazakhstani human rights defender in prison
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
A delegation of senior officials from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on 3 September 2011 in a settlement colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, where he is serving a four-year sentence for vehicular manslaughter...
OSCE trains prosecutors on international human rights standards in investigating torture in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
The protection of the rights of torture victims, application of international human rights standards during the investigation and prosecution of torture crimes, as well as existing national practices and problems in this sphere is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported training course for prosecutors, deputy prosecutors and assistant prosecutors that started on 5 September in Bishkek...
ODIHR conference in Istanbul focuses on standards in political party regulation
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened a one-day conference on 5 September in Istanbul, on the importance of ensuring that Turkish legislation on the regulation of political parties meets international standards and OSCE commitments...
ODIHR hosts seminar on increasing the accuracy of voter registers
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
Harmonizing population and voter-registration systems in OSCE participating States, including efficient data-sharing mechanisms in compiling accurate voter lists, is being discussed at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...
OSCE Special Representative highlights role of international justice in combating trafficking
Publishing date: 30 August 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, spoke at the European Forum Alpbach’s Political Symposium 2011 entitled Justice – Responsibility for the Future on 29 August...