News and press releases

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its Handbook on Promoting Women’s Participation in Political Parties at a side event on the second day of the OSCE Gender Equality Review Conference in Vienna on 11 July 2014.

COPENHAGEN, 11 July 2014 – Senior OSCE parliamentarians have addressed the OSCE’s Gender Equality Review Conference in Vienna, discussing the progress made and the challenges that remain in closing the gender gap within the Organization, the OSCE area and their respective countries...

Complying with human rights standards while enhancing counter-terrorism strategies and skills was the focus of two days of training for law enforcement officers from Bosnia and Herzegovina organized in Sarajevo by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 10 and 11 July 2014.

VIENNA, 11 July – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Croatian authorities to respect free speech on social media platforms, following a case where an individual was fined for offending the police on Facebook...

DUSHANBE, 11 July 2014 – Taking a comprehensive approach in managing irregular migration and tackling problems of human trafficking on borders was the focus of a week-long training course that finished today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College...

The situation in the central-southern part of the Luhansk region and the central part of the Donetsk region remained volatile. Other parts of the country remained calm...

SARAJEVO, 11 July 2014 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has opened five temporary premises to provide support in the aftermath of the devastating floods and landslides that struck the country in May. They are now operational in Bijeljina, Maglaj, Orasje, Samac and Prijedor and add to the Mission’s existing structure of 11 field offices covering the entire territory of BiH...