News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Data on hate crime in focus at annual OSCE human rights meeting
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
The collection and reporting of hate crime data were the focus of a discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 3 October 2012...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports development of municipal regulations on gender equality
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on the development of municipal regulation on gender equality for nine municipalities in the Gjilan/Gnjilane region concluded on 1 October 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana conducts regional seminar on democratic oversight of security sector in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 October 2012
ASTANA, 3 October 2012 – Fostering dialogue and co-operation between ministries, parliamentarians and senior military personnel involved in the oversight of armed forces is the focus of a regional OSCE-held seminar that started today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ukrainian parliament’s decision rejecting re-criminalization of libel
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
MOSCOW, 2 October 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, commended today the decision by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine to reject re-criminalization of defamation...
Georgia takes important step in consolidating conduct of democratic elections, but some key issues remain, election observers say
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
TBILISI, 2 October 2012 – Georgia’s parliamentary elections marked an important step in consolidating the conduct of democratic elections, although certain key issues remain to be addressed, concluded the international election observers in a statement released today...
Religious and belief communities need legal recognition, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
Religious and belief communities should be granted quick, simple and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 2 October 2012...
Senior border officials from 12 countries start course at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 1 October 2012
DUSHANBE, 1 October 2012 – The opening ceremony for the sixth staff course for senior border officials from 12 countries was held at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today...