News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New human rights education guidelines for activists and health workers presented at OSCE/ODIHR event
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new sets of guidelines on human rights education for health workers and for human rights activists at the OSCE’s annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 25 September 2013...
OSCE welcomes decision to establish new Assembly Commissions in Brcko District on gender, anti-corruption and youth
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today’s decision by the Brcko District Assembly to establish new Commissions to address issues of gender equality, anti-corruption and youth...
Greater involvement of local authorities needed for successful Roma integration, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
Local authorities need to take greater ownership of and responsibility for the integration of Roma communities, said participants of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2013...
Prosecutor’s role in court proceedings, standards essential for fair trial key topics of OSCE-supported training seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 25 September 2013- Some 30 prosecutors from Kazakhstan’s regions are attending a three-day training seminar on prosecution in court proceedings, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana that began today in Almaty...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes results of meeting between leaders of Chisinau and Tiraspol
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
NEW YORK, 24 September 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Ukraine Leonid Kozhara welcomed today the extension of the protocol decision on resumption of a full-scale freight railway service through Transdniestria. The relevant agreement was signed at the meeting of the Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leancă and the Transdniestrian leader Yevgeniy Shevchuk in Tiraspol on 23 September...
Addressing gender-based discrimination in police forces through effective oversight mechanisms discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
While law-enforcement institutions in the OSCE region are increasingly recognizing the benefits women bring to police in serving communities, more needs to be done to address gender-based discrimination within police forces, said participants of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2013...
Afghanistan, protracted conflicts, amongst issues for OSCE Secretary General at UN General Assembly
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
The 2014 transition in Afghanistan, international efforts to resolve protracted conflicts, transnational threats and OSCE operations- such as facilitating upcoming elections in Kosovo- are on the agenda of meetings for OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which opened on 24 September 2013...