News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Moldova’s automated election-management system has potential but needs more work, ODIHR says
Publishing date: 26 July 2012
An automated information system Moldova is introducing to help administer elections could become a powerful management tool but improvements are necessary, according to an assessment by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented in Chisinau on 26 July 2012...
ODIHR provides recommendations on establishing a population register in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 23 July 2012
An expert team from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its assessment and recommendations on how to best establish a fully computerized population register in Kyrgyzstan at a launch event in Bishkek on 24 July 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR launches handbooks for election observers on media monitoring and voter registration
Publishing date: 13 July 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new handbooks for election observers – on media monitoring and voter registration – in Vienna on 13 July 2012...
OSCE meeting focuses on role of election observation in promoting democracy and security
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
VIENNA, 12 July 2012 – Election observation and the recommendations provided by observation missions of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are key to promoting democracy and security, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR releases e-learning course for short-term election observers
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
A web-based learning course designed to assist OSCE participating States in training short-term election observers was released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 12 July 2012...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
Effective prosecution of hate crimes focus of ODIHR event for prosecutors
Publishing date: 6 July 2012
The effective prosecution of hate crimes was the theme of a meeting and pilot training session organized for 25 prosecutors from across the OSCE region by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5 and 6 July 2012...