News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes respect for rights of detainees in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
The OSCE Office in Baku supported a training course for police officers on the treatment of suspects and the accused in custody in the city of Sheki in north-western Azerbaijan on 18 and 19 October 2012...
Press release of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 28 October 2012
PARIS, 28 October 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan issued the following press release in Paris on 27 October 2012.
Czech government must do more to end marginalization and segregation of Roma children in schools, concludes ODIHR report
Publishing date: 26 October 2012
The Czech government needs to do more to overcome the marginalization and segregation in schools of children from Roma and Sinti communities, concludes a field assessment visit report published by the OSCE/ODIHR on 26 October 2012...
International election observers in Ukraine to hold press conference on Monday
Publishing date: 26 October 2012
KYIV, 26 October 2012 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Ukraine will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 29 October, in Kyiv...
OSCE donates IT equipment to help Interior Ministry of Ukraine to combat cybercrime
Publishing date: 25 October 2012
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, presented 22 sets of monitors, notebooks, and other specialized equipment to the country’s Interior Ministry on 25 October 2012...
Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 25 October 2012
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Araz Azimov, addressed representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States at a Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on 25 October 2012. Azimov outlined his country’s perspectives on security in the region and on the role of the OSCE...
Threat of criminal prosecution of observers at odds with established co-operation on United States elections, ODIHR Director says
Publishing date: 24 October 2012
WARSAW, 24 October 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed his grave concern over the threat of criminal prosecution of OSCE/ODIHR election observers...