News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR renews work of its advisory panel on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
The new 12-member Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met for the first time in Warsaw on 18 June 2013 to map out the Panel’s role in providing assistance to OSCE participating States...
Consolidation of Serbian legislation and ensuring better public access to laws in focus at OSCE/ODIHR workshop
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
Better public access to domestic Serbian laws, the consolidation of national legislation, and its harmonization with international standards were the focus of a workshop in Belgrade organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Serbian National Assembly and the OSCE Mission to Serbia on 17 and 18 June 2013...
OSCE to train Kosovo Police on protection of cultural and religious heritage
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 18 June 2013 – The OSCE Mission will organize tomorrow a first training session for the members of the newly established Kosovo Police unit responsible for the protection of cultural and religious heritage sites in the Prishtinë/Priština region...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports workshops on local elections
Publishing date: 18 June 2013
Identifying lessons to be learned from the March local elections was the aim of four regional workshops for local election administration bodies organized from 13 to 18 June 2013 by the OSCE Mission to Skopje...
Libya applies to become OSCE partner
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
Libyan Foreign Minister, Mohamed Imhammed Abdul-Aziz submitted his country's application to become an OSCE Partner for Co-operation during the Security Days conference in Vienna on 17 June 2013...
Human rights compatible with security, OSCE media freedom representatives tells Tunis meeting participants
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participants on at an Internet freedom conference in Tunis on 17 June 2013 that cyber security and human rights can go hand-in-glove and not be considered as competing values...
OSCE’s role is to bridge diverging perceptions of security, says Ukrainian Chairmanship representative
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
“One of the OSCE’s main functions lies in managing and bridging diverging perceptions of security through its co-operative approach,” said Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk, speaking on behalf of the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship at the opening of the 2013 Security Days event on 17 June 2013...