News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR to send an election observation mission for the 25 May early presidential election in Ukraine
Publishing date: 3 March 2014
WARSAW, 3 March 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) announced today that it would send an election observation mission to Ukraine for the 25 May early presidential election...
OSCE/ODIHR trains Greek civil society network on combatting and reporting hate crimes
Publishing date: 19 February 2014
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) trained experts from Greek civil society on strategies for combatting and reporting hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents at a workshop in Athens on 18 and 19 February 2014.
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on presidential election in Georgia
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
A team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met with electoral stakeholders in Tbilisi from 12 to 14 February 2014 to present the final report of its election observation mission for the 27 October 2013 presidential election in Georgia.
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe early parliamentary elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 13 February 2014
BELGRADE, 13 February 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 16 March early parliamentary elections in Serbia...
OSCE/ODIHR trains Italian police and Carabinieri officers on combatting hate crimes
Publishing date: 11 February 2014
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) trained Italian law-enforcement officers on addressing hate-motivated violence at six workshops held at the Carabinieri Senior Officers College and the National Police Senior Officers College in Rome on 10 and 11 February 2014.
OSCE/ODIHR discusses electoral recommendations with Norwegian authorities
Publishing date: 7 February 2014
A delegation from the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Modernization met elections experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 7 February 2014 to discuss the final report of the ODIHR Election Assessment Mission for last year’s parliamentary elections in Norway.
OSCE/ODIHR final report says Tajikistan presidential election lacked pluralism and genuine choice, recommends measures to bring process in line with OSCE commitments
Publishing date: 5 February 2014
The 6 November presidential election in Tajikistan took place peacefully, but restrictive candidate registration requirements resulted in a lack of pluralism and genuine choice, says the final report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The report recommends the legal framework be significantly improved to provide a sound basis for the conduct of democratic elections.