News and press releases

WARSAW, 26 June 2023 – For victims to overcome the profound impact of torture on their lives, ensuring their right to redress and all it entails is crucial, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

GENEVA, 23 June 2023 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Kairat Abdrakhmanov, and the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Gillian Triggs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce the long-standing co-operation between their respective institutions under common areas of mandated responsibilities. This includes, in particular, the interface between the protection of displaced and stateless persons and the role of the HCNM as an instrument of conflict prevention at the earliest possible stage in regard to tensions involving national minorities.

Going beyond figures for gender equality in the parliament. The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Kilian Wahl, and Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi opened the regional conference “Parliaments advance gender equality”, marking the 20th anniversary of the Parliamentary Women’s Club. The

From 19 to 23 June, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in conjunction with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, organized a training course on cryptocurrencies and Darknet investigations at the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

NEW YORK, 23 June 2023 – The OSCE renewed its commitment to strengthen co-operation in countering terrorism during the 2023 United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, which took place between 19 and 23 June.

On 20 to 22 June 2023, the OSCE and regional partners held a capacity-building course in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for professors of higher education institutions on the OSCE-developed curriculum on "Crime Prevention and Culture of Lawfulness".