News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR provides new guidance on freedom of religion or belief and security
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Amidst increasing security-driven restrictions on the right to freedom of religion or belief in the OSCE region, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance on 19 September 2019. This new publication,
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 222/2019 issued on 19 September 2019
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region, and again recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Inside the Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area, the Mission saw workers from government-controlled areas placing
Ways to engage young migrants in public and political life explored at Warsaw event
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Engaging young people with a migrant background in political and public life was the focus of discussions at an event held in Warsaw on 19 September 2019, during the annual OSCE human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). The event, organized jointly by the OSCE
OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls for repeal of controversial amendments to Slovak Press Act
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
WARSAW, 19 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, reiterated his concerns today over the controversial amendments to the Statute on Periodic Press and News Agencies of Slovakia (Press Act) establishing a right of reply for political leaders and public figures, which passed the second reading in the parliament of Slovakia this week...
OSCE Secretary General hails progress in the settlement process, pledges support to the removal of ammunition from Cobasna
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
CHISINAU, 19 September 2019 – The progress achieved by Chisinau and Tiraspol in the Transdniestrian settlement process brings a positive change to local populations and provides a good example of conflict resolution for the whole OSCE area, said OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger during a three-day visit to the Republic of Moldova, which concluded today.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 84th Russian convoy of ten vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
On 19 September at 06:11 (Moscow time), the eighty-fourth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of ten vehicles were checked by Russian Federation border guards and customs officers prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All ten vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 13:52 on 19 September...
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly focus of ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
The latest challenges to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE region were discussed at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 September 2019 during ODIHR’s annual human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation