News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
In Minsk, OSCE parliamentarians debate ways to increase effectiveness in addressing urgent challenges to security and stability
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
MINSK, 6 July 2017 – More than 260 parliamentarians from 55 OSCE countries and several Partners for Co-operation began debates today on political and security affairs, economic and environmental issues, and human rights and humanitarian concerns at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 26th Annual Session in Minsk...
Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 5 July 2017
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
MINSK, 6 July 2017 – 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 5 July 2017...
Criminal justice responses to terrorism focus of OSCE seminar in Prishtinë/Priština
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
A two-day seminar on strengthening rule of law-compliant criminal justice responses to terrorism, which brought together over 30 practitioners from the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, and prison management, concluded on 6 July 2017 in Prishtinë/Priština...
ODIHR hosts roundtable event in Amsterdam on religious rites and practices and freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a two-day roundtable on religious rites and practices and freedom of religion or belief in Amsterdam on 4 and 5 July with representatives from Jewish and Muslim communities and other interested stakeholders.
OSCE hosts meeting of 51 National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
Hosted by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, a meeting of National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE regional framework concluded on 30 June 2017 at the Hofburg, Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes conference on transparent, independent and accessible judiciary
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the European Union twinning project “Strengthening Capacities of the High Judicial Council and the State Prosecutorial Council” organized a conference on the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government in Serbia, on 5 July 2017 in Belgrade...
Regional experiences and good practices to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda shared at Tirana workshop co-organized by ODIHR and OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Good practices to advance the Women, Peace and Security agenda were shared and actively discussed at a regional workshop on 4 July 2017 in Tirana, organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Presence in Albania. The aim of the workshop was to share