News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR supports strengthening regional co-operation among anti-trafficking lawyers
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Lawyers and legal practitioners from six countries gathered to share good practices in providing accessible and effective legal assistance to trafficked persons, during a regional seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Istanbul on 23 and 24 October 2013...
Political leadership needed to tackle current tensions, Council of Europe Secretary General tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
Europe needs political leadership and better law making and enforcement if it is to solve current problems, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjrn Jagland told the OSCE Permanent Council on 24 October 2013...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia expresses condolences over death of police officer Goran Đorđević
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
BELGRADE, 23 October 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, expressed condolences today to the family, friends and colleagues of police officer Goran Đorđević and to the Serbian police service for the loss of one of its own...
Bureau of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee speaks in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
COPENHAGEN, 23 October 2013 – Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions Isabel Santos (Chair), Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu (Vice Chair), and Gordana Comic (Rapporteur), spoke Tuesday at the Human Dimension Committee in Vienna. The three parliamentarians were there to present to the OSCE governmental side the work of the OSCE PA on a range of human dimension issues.
OSCE/ODIHR provides assessment of migrant integration policies in Armenia
Publishing date: 23 October 2013
A number of laws and policies are in place in Armenia to promote the integration of migrants into society, but more steps could be taken to make further improvements, concludes an assessment prepared by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the non-governmental organization Migration Policy Group and presented in Yerevan on 23 October 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative meets Armenian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
YEREVAN, 22 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, to discuss co-operation and media freedom developments...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit language training programme in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
The Hague, 22 October 2013 – The recently appointed OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Astrid Thors, during her first visit to Kosovo tomorrow will visit a language training programme for municipal officials in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje...