News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR Director says recent legislative changes could undermine Moldova’s democratic achievements
Publishing date: 7 May 2013
WARSAW, 7 May 2013 – The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič today warned that the manner in which recent legislative changes were introduced in Moldova ran counter to the country’s rule of law commitments and threatened to undermine its achievements so far in developing a pluralistic democratic system...
Czech presidential election competitive and professionally organized, several aspects remain to be addressed, concludes OSCE/ODIHR final report
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
The presidential election in the Czech Republic in January 2013 was competitive, professionally organized and enjoyed a high level of public confidence, says the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 30 April 2013. The report suggests further steps to improve some aspects of the electoral process, including candidate registration and campaign finance...
OSCE meeting examines ways to facilitate freer movement of people
Publishing date: 25 April 2013
VIENNA, 25 April 2013 – States have to find ways to promote freer movement of people, in order to facilitate greater human contacts across borders and help promote other basic rights, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
Improving quality of legislation focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Serbia
Publishing date: 23 April 2013
Ways of improving the quality of legislation both before and after its adoption were the subject of a workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Belgrade on 22 and 23 April 2013...
OSCE trains border officials on protecting human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 19 April 2013
Protecting human rights when combating transnational terrorist threats to border security was the focus of a four-day training course for border officials that ended in Dushanbe on 19 April 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
SOFIA, 16 April 2013 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission to monitor the 12 May early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria...
ODIHR trains police trainers on preventing and responding to hate crimes
Publishing date: 12 April 2013
Police trainers from 11 OSCE participating States completed a three-day specialized police training programme on recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Association of European Police Colleges (AEPC) from 10 to 12 April 2013...