News and press releases

A two-day training course on Gender Action Plans and gender responsive budgeting for women and men politicians concluded on 29 March 2017 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in Dushanbe...

Elections experts from ODIHR met with electoral stakeholders in Warsaw on 28 March to present the final report of ODIHR’s election assessment mission for the 25 October 2015 parliamentary elections in Poland.

Intensifying dialogue and networking between Roma and Sinti civil society, policymakers and political parties is fundamental to successful policies for ensuring the effective participation of Roma and Sinti in their communities, said participants at a workshop hosted by ODIHR on 27 and 28 March 2017 in Brussels.

The important role of procedural safeguards in the prevention of torture and other ill-treatment in police custody and during criminal investigations, as well as a discussion on developing a universal set of standards for non-coercive interview and evidence-gathering methods, were the focus of a workshop held in Vienna on 28 March 2017.

Experts, officials, teachers, students, parents and representatives of the Muslim community gathered in Dublin on 27 March 2017 for the first round of consultations on developing teaching materials to counter intolerance against Muslims based on international human rights and non-discrimination

A dozen of high-level representatives of Albanian anti-corruption authorities concluded a four-day study visit to Austrian institutions on 24 March 2017. The activity was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania as part of a project funded by the Central European Initiative (CEI) with the aim of supporting anti-corruption capacity building and the exchange of good practices...

A workshop on the prevention of early forced marriages, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, took place on 27 March 2017 in Podgorica...