News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Role of education in promoting respect for diversity highlighted at Paris meeting
Publishing date: 5 November 2012
Education is a powerful tool in promoting tolerance and mutual understanding, representatives of education ministries and institutions said at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UNESCO and the Council of Europe in Paris on 5 November 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR Forum in Almaty promotes further reforms to criminal justice systems in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
More than 100 policymakers, academics, legal professionals and civil society representatives from across Central Asia highlighted recent reform initiatives, current challenges and the way forward in the region’s criminal justice sector at a two-and-a-half day forum that ended in Almaty on 31 October 2012...
Ukrainian elections marred by lack of level playing field, say international observers
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
KYIV, 29 October 2012 – Ukraine’s parliamentary elections were characterized by a tilted playing field, the international observers concluded in a statement released today. This was the result, primarily, of the abuse of administrative resources, as well as a lack of transparency in campaign and party financing and of balanced media coverage...
Czech government must do more to end marginalization and segregation of Roma children in schools, concludes ODIHR report
Publishing date: 26 October 2012
The Czech government needs to do more to overcome the marginalization and segregation in schools of children from Roma and Sinti communities, concludes a field assessment visit report published by the OSCE/ODIHR on 26 October 2012...
International election observers in Ukraine to hold press conference on Monday
Publishing date: 26 October 2012
KYIV, 26 October 2012 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Ukraine will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 29 October, in Kyiv...
Threat of criminal prosecution of observers at odds with established co-operation on United States elections, ODIHR Director says
Publishing date: 24 October 2012
WARSAW, 24 October 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed his grave concern over the threat of criminal prosecution of OSCE/ODIHR election observers...
OSCE/ODIHR expert team in Ryazan follows Russia’s direct local elections
Publishing date: 15 October 2012
Following an invitation from the Russian Central Election Commission, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) sent a team of experts to Ryazan to follow election-day proceedings and the use of new voting technologies during the 14 October 2012 ‘single voting day’...