News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Human rights should be priority for new government, OSCE Croatia mission head says
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
ZAGREB, 9 December 2003- "The respect and promotion of international and European human rights standards is a goal the new Croatian Government will be expected to embrace," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a...
OSCE Centre holds course on human rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2003
ASHGABAD, 29 November 2003- Representatives from several governmental institutions and organizations of Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE course on international legislation on human rights in the country's capital, Ashgabad. The five-day...
OSCE Chairman praises peaceful transition in Georgia, offers help
Publishing date: 24 November 2003
THE HAGUE, 24 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister de Hoop Scheffer, praised the people of Georgia on Monday for ensuring that the weekend change in the country's leadership was accomplished without violence...
Stop using evidence obtained by torture, OSCE human rights body says
Publishing date: 7 November 2003
WARSAW/VIENNA, 7 November 2003- The Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, today called on OSCE participating States to take measures to prevent the use of evidence...
OSCE Office in Baku alarmed over dismissals
Publishing date: 6 November 2003
BAKU, 6 November 2003- The OSCE Office in Baku today expressed its alarm at the growing number of complaints and reports on dismissals of Azerbaijani citizens from their jobs allegedly on the basis of their political convictions...
Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...
Skopje OSCE Mission sponsors prosecutors' seminar on mediation in criminal procedures
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
SKOPJE, 23 October 2003- A three-day seminar on mediation in criminal procedures started today in Ohrid, as part of the support the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje gives the Public Prosecutors' Association to streamline criminal...