News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ensuring human rights of victims while combating human trafficking in focus at OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
TASHKENT, 30 October 2012 – An OSCE-supported workshop that will focus on exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking and ensuring the rights of trafficked persons began in Tashkent today...
Economic co-operation to support democratic transition in Mediterranean focus of OSCE Rome conference
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
ROME, 30 October 2012 – Supporting democratic transition and political reforms through economic co-operation in the Southern Mediterranean region is the topic of a two-day OSCE conference that opened today in Rome...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds discussion on political-party financing
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, together with the Central Electoral Commission, the Viitorul Institute for Development and Social Initiatives, the Moldova office of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the non-governmental organization East Europe Foundation held an international conference on political-party financing in Chisinau on 30 October 2012...
Victims' rights must be protected in human trafficking cases, OSCE Special Representative says in Rome
Publishing date: 30 October 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at a judicial training seminar in Rome on 26 October 2012 that victims’ legal rights must be given the same priority as punishing perpetrators in criminal proceedings involving human trafficking...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over Greek journalist case, calls for open trial
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
ASTANA, 29 October 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about the arrest and the forthcoming trial of a Greek journalist, Kostas Vaxevanis, charged with violating privacy laws, and called on the authorities to ensure a fair and open trial...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Lithuanian court ruling, calls for decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
ASTANA, 29 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed a Vilnius appellate court’s ruling dismissing criminal libel claims against Dainius Radzevičius, the chair of the Lithuanian Journalists’ Union...
Ukrainian elections marred by lack of level playing field, say international observers
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
KYIV, 29 October 2012 – Ukraine’s parliamentary elections were characterized by a tilted playing field, the international observers concluded in a statement released today. This was the result, primarily, of the abuse of administrative resources, as well as a lack of transparency in campaign and party financing and of balanced media coverage...