News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR supports research on unreported hate crimes and hate incidents in Poland
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights, surveyed people of African descent and Muslims in Warsaw, and Ukrainians in Krakow in a study designed to provide a better understanding of the scale of
Mechanisms for protection of media professionals focus of OSCE workshops in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
SARAJEVO, 29 June 2018 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) concluded today in Zenica the last in a series of workshops on the professional reporting and protection mechanisms for journalists and media professionals. The workshops, held in Mostar, Banja Luka, Brcko, Bihac and Zenica, gathered around 100 journalists, students of journalism, photojournalists and cameramen. They were designed to familiarize journalists with the legal framework and professional standards governing their rights and obligations in order for them to be able to perform their duties and tasks in a professional manner...
ODIHR holds meeting of national focal points for election observation
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
Good practices related to the secondment and deployment of election observers was the focus of a meeting with national focal points for election observation held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 June 2018. The meeting – the first of its
OSCE organizes intensive training course on border management for its Mediterranean Points of Contact Network in Malta
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border security and management completed an intensive and interactive five-day training course on various topics related to their work on 29 June 2018 at the headquarters of the Malta Police Force in Floriana...
OSCE Mission helps build youth coalitions against violent extremism in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The first edition of a training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for young community activists entitled “Leaders against intolerance and violent extremism (LIVE)” concluded on 29 June 2018 in Prishtinë/Priština...
OSCE Police Academies Network launched to strengthen police training and co-operation
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
To promote and support international police training and co-operation, the OSCE Police Academies Network (PAN) was established in Vienna on 29 June 2018 as an outcome of a project developed by the Strategic Police Matters Unit at the Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE supports study visit to Amsterdam on Advance Passenger Information systems for Kyrgyz law enforcement representatives
Publishing date: 29 June 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, in close co-operation with the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, organized a study visit to Amsterdam for seven aviation security experts from Kyrgyzstan. The visit, which took place from 26 to 28 June, aimed at providing Kyrgyz representatives with a better understanding of the benefits of using Advance Passenger Information (API) data for border management purposes. The trip enabled them to experience first-hand the functioning of the Travel Information Portal (TRIP), the Dutch passenger data solution.