News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR delivers report on reform to Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
BRUSSELS, 4 December 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has submitted a report to the annual Ministerial Council on its activities, as a part of the Organization's ongoing debate on reform. At last year's...
OSCE Mission and Bosnia and Herzegovina government work together to improve juvenile justice system
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
SARAJEVO, 1 December 2006- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will commence its project in Sarajevo today to improve the response of the country's authorities to juvenile offenses in accordance with international standards on child protection...
Police role in prevention of human trafficking focus of meeting organized by OSCE Kyiv office
Publishing date: 1 December 2006
KYIV, 1 December 2006- The role of district police inspectors in the fight against human trafficking is the focus of a two-day roundtable meeting starting today in Kyiv...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over detention of Dutch journalists for refusing to name source
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was concerned about the detention of two Dutch journalists for refusing to reveal their sources...
Joint statement by OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
VIENNA, 30 November 2006- The Russian and the French Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, acting also on behalf of the U.S. Co-Chair, visited Yerevan and Baku...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after staff member dies in Kosovo car accident
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
BRUSSELS, 30 November 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences today to the family of an OSCE Mission in Kosovo staff member who died in a car accident on Wednesday evening...
OSCE Centre organizes human rights training for judges and prosecutors in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2006
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2006- Implementing international human rights law into the national legal system was the focus of a training course that ended in Ashgabad today. Organized by the OSCE Centre and...