News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR trains civil society and law enforcement in Italy on combatting hate crime
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Strategies for combatting and reporting hate crimes were the focus of two training events – one for Italian civil society activists and the other for law enforcement officers – organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Rome from 30 June to 4 July 2014.
Balanced approach to legislation contributes to stable inter-ethnic situation; sustained commitment important, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on visit to Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors noted the stable inter-ethnic situation in Kazakhstan during her first visit to the country from 23 to 27 June 2014, and commended the authorities for taking a balanced approach to laws and policies in potentially sensitive areas, such as language...
OSCE Presence in Albania, ODIHR train foreign ministry staff, election commission members and civil society on short-term election observation
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Staff from the Albanian Foreign Ministry, Central Election Commission and civil society on 4 July 2014 completed a three-day training course in Tirana on short-term election observation. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on editor in Serbia
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
VIENNA, 3 July 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned yesterday’s brutal attack on the editor of FoNet news agency, Davor Pašalić.
Human rights violations root causes of instability, UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay tells OSCE
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Navi Pillay addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 3 July 2014 to mark the deeper co-operation between her office and OSCE...
Kyrgyzstan removed from FATF non-co-operative countries list, with OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Kyrgyzstan has been removed from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s monitoring process under its ongoing global process of compliance with requirements on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This was announced at the third FATF Plenary meeting held from 25 to 27 June 2014 in Paris. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributed to this through providing technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE/ODIHR seminar highlights need for clear separation between state and political parties
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
The role of political parties in parliaments and the separation between parties and the state were the focus of an expert seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 1 and 2 July 2014.