News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Belarusian education policymakers trained in integrating human rights into education system
Publishing date: 24 August 2018
Belarusian education policymakers trained in integrating human rights into education system
ODIHR publishes Ukrainian version of its anti-trafficking guide
Publishing date: 21 August 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched its Guiding Principles on Human Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons in the Ukrainian language at an event in Kyiv on 21 August 2018.
ODIHR and Penal Reform International publish new resource on Nelson Mandela Rules’ minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners
Publishing date: 9 August 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published a new tool on 9 August 2018 to support the effective implementation of minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners. The resource, produced jointly with Penal Reform International (PRI), was launched initially
Efforts to combat trafficking, including of children, must focus on both effects and roots of this crime, OSCE officials say on world anti-trafficking day
Publishing date: 30 July 2018
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 July 2018 – Effective policies to combat trafficking in human beings, including the trafficking of children, must focus on both the effects and the roots of this terrible crime, OSCE senior officials said today, on the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons...
ODIHR launches new version of Legislationline.org database
Publishing date: 27 July 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new version of its free legislative database Legislationline.org on 27 July 2018. Created in 2002, the online database is designed to assist OSCE participating States in bringing their legislation into line with OSCE
ODIHR organizes first train-the-trainer course on effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities in Poland
Publishing date: 20 July 2018
Building the capacity of Polish police forces to provide training on effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities was the focus of a course organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Regional Police Headquarters in Krakow, in Zakopane, Poland from 17 to 20 July 2018.
ODIHR final report on Azerbaijan’s presidential election recommends bringing legal framework in line with international standards and obligations
Publishing date: 18 July 2018
The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 11 April 2018 early presidential election in Azerbaijan recommends that electoral legislation be revised through a genuine participatory and consultative process, sufficiently in advance of the next