News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
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...