News and press releases

VIENNA, 17 June 2016 – Making migration a resource for public institutions, the private sector, local communities and migrants themselves was the main topic of today’s expert meeting on the long-term approach to migration governance, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)...

SARAJEVO, 16 June 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today published the report of Judge Joanna Korner CMG QC on war crimes processing at the state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

WARSAW, 17 June 2016 – Today, ahead of Sunday’s International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), reminded states that addressing sexual violence has to be at the centre of conflict-resolution efforts...

TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 17 June 2016- Addressing local environmental issues through public participation and implementing the Aarhus Convention were the focus of a two-day roundtable discussion in Talas, organized by the Bishkek Aarhus Centre with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today, and bringing together 30 representatives of civil society, State environmental agencies and the local authorities...

In Donetsk region, the SMM observed fewer ceasefire violations during the night of 15 June, as compared to the previous night, while it recorded more ceasefire violations during the daytime of 16 June compared to the previous day. In particular, it noted a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations in the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata area, with more than 300 explosions. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded a single case of ceasefire violations in Veselohorivka. The Mission conducted crater analysis and observed damage to residential houses caused by shelling, in Staromykhailivka, Dokuchaievsk, and Holmivskyi. The Mission’s freedom of movement was restricted on one occasion in a government-controlled area. In Chernivtsi and Kyiv the SMM monitored peaceful protests...

BISHKEK, 17 June 2016 – To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Centre for the Support of International Protection today concluded training courses in Osh and Bishkek on the human rights of persons subjected to involuntary medical treatment in psychiatric institutions...

VIENNA, 17 June 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the murder of radio journalist Luka Popov in Srpski Krstur, Serbia...