News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Border Management Staff College trains senior officers from Afghanistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- Twenty senior border officers from across the OSCE area successfully completed the first one-month course for border staff at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
Violence against women is one of the most severe violations of human rights in Serbia, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
BELGRADE, 10 December 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, supports the international campaign "16 Days of Activism to Prevent Violence against Women" concluding today and welcomes actions to eradicate the vice...
Human rights rock with OSCE support: festivities to mark Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
YEREVAN, 10 December 2010- 'Speak up, stop discrimination' is the slogan of a rock concert and a human rights fair organized today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan to mark Human Rights Day in Armenia...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports film festival against bullying in schools
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
BISHKEK, 10 December 2010- A Youth Film Festival that aims to raise awareness about school bullying was held today in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Office supports assessment of ten years of human rights education in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2010- Review of a decade of human rights education in Tajikistan was the focus of an OSCE-supported conference today...
OSCE Presence in Albania marks International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
TIRANA, 10 December 2010- The OSCE Presence marked today the International Human Rights Day in an event, which brought together high Albanian officials, key actors in the field of human rights, representatives of civil society, media and the diplomatic corps...
Judges from ICTY, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss handling war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2010- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today discussed experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...