News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Modern methods of combatting corruption in Kyrgyzstan outlined at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Modern methods of combatting corruption were the focus of a conference on 9 December 2015 organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the General Prosecutor’s Office to mark International Anti-Corruption Day...
OSCE supports training course on trial monitoring for civil society organizations
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and USAID’s “Fair Justice” project organized a two-day training course for 22 representatives of civil society organizations on trial monitoring, which concluded on 10 December 2015 in Kyiv...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan launches White Wristband Commitment campaign on activism against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2015 – Today the OSCE Office in Tajikistan jointly with the Tajik Parliament is launching a public campaign, Men Engage to Combat Violence against Women – White Wristband Commitment, as a part of the international campaign 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence...
Ongoing inspections of Dozhd TV in Russia could hinder its work, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
VIENNA, 10 December 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the recent wave of inspections of the independent television channel Dozhd by various state institutions could interfere with its work...
Respect for Human Rights must be central in response to security challenges, says OSCE/ODIHR Director Link
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
WARSAW, 10 December 2015 – OSCE participating States must make sure that human rights are an integral and central part of their responses to the profound security challenges they are facing today, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on the occasion of today’s international Human Rights Day...
OSCE marks International Human Rights Day with Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
ASTANA, 10 December 2015 – The annual OSCE-sponsored Youth Legal Forum dedicated to "Human Rights Protection in the Fight against Terrorism” took place today at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University in Astana (KAZGUU) in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Mission to Moldova concludes series of seminars on addressing gender inequalities and combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
On 8 December 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held the last in a series of seminars for college and university students on gender equality, domestic violence and family counselling. The final seminar, held in Balti, provided 35 students and teachers of social work with information on assisting the victims of domestic violence and on rehabilitating the perpetrators of domestic violence...