News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE-supported campaign marks Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
An OSCE-supported campaign entitled Raise Your Voice to Protect Your Human Rights! culminated on 10 December 2013 with the marking of International Human Rights Day.
Preventing drunk driving in Kyrgyzstan goal of OSCE training
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
An OSCE-supported training course on the use of alcoholic breathalysers for twenty officers of the Road Patrol Service of Kyrgyzstan concluded on 8 December 2013 at the Police Academy in Ankara, Turkey. The training precedes the official introduction of breathalysers in Kyrgyzstan before the end of 2013...
On International Human Rights Day, OSCE/ODIHR Director condemns violence against peaceful protesters
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
WARSAW, 10 December 2013 – Violence against peaceful protesters cannot be justified in any circumstance, and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly must be safeguarded, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of International Human Rights Day...
On anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, OSCE PA’s Santos calls for renewed commitments
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
COPENHAGEN, 10 December 2013 – On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly, Isabel Santos (Portugal), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's human rights committee, issued the following statement:
Tajik border troops, customs and Interior Ministry officers complete OSCE training-of-trainers course
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
Twenty-five officers from border, customs and interior agencies of Tajikistan completed a two-week training-of-trainers course on 6 December 2013...
OSCE advances professional skills of Uzbek media
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
A three-day OSCE training course for 25 chief editors of print media and information agencies in Uzbekistan on international professional standards and ethics took place in Tashkent from 5 to 7 December 2013...
OSCE supports use of e-governance tools for administrative services in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 December 2013
Best practices in delivering administrative services by public authorities in Ukraine were the focus of an OSCE-supported conference that took place in Kyiv from 2 to 3 December 2013...