News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara
Publishing date: 4 December 2013
KYIV, 4 December 2013 – In the run-up to the 20th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Leonid Kozhara delivered the following statement...
OSCE PA President meets Verkhovna Rada Speaker in Kyiv, urges Ukraine to “stay the course of democracy”
Publishing date: 4 December 2013
KYIV, 4 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic held a bilateral meeting with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Rybak this morning in the Ukrainian Parliament.
OSCE PA Presidential statement on situation in Ukraine President urges restraint and respect for freedom of assembly, expresses "deep concern" over violence and attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 3 December 2013
COPENHAGEN, 3 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today issued the following statement regarding the situation in Ukraine, which is scheduled to host a meeting of the Bureau of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council on 4-6 December in Kyiv:
OSCE Representative concerned by magnitude of violence against journalists in Ukraine
Publishing date: 2 December 2013
VIENNA, 2 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern by the magnitude of violence against members of the media at the demonstrations in Kyiv...
Journalists’ safety in Ukraine must be ensured, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
VIENNA, 29 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned new attacks on journalists in Ukraine.
Law students, legal professionals learn about European Court of Human Rights’ case law with OSCE support
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
More than 100 law students and legal professionals learned about the recent and topical case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at an international event held in Lviv in western Ukraine from 29 November to 1 December 2013, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE supports training for Ukrainian judges on application European Court of Human Rights case law
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
Some 450 judges of administrative courts from across Ukraine were trained in applying provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to better protect the rights of persons in their interactions with the state, during a series of two-day OSCE-supported training sessions conducted during this year...