News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Turkmenistan police trainers on the protection of human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 15 March 2012
Police trainers in Ashgabat completed a three-day course on 15 March organized by the OSCE to help train future police officers in the protection of human rights while countering terrorism...
ODIHR offers assistance and expertise at Dushanbe event on electoral law, including voter lists
Publishing date: 14 March 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights provided support and expertise to a roundtable in Dushanbe on 14 March on measures to develop effective links between population and voter registration in Tajikistan, as well as on reforms to the country’s legal electoral framework...
OSCE highlights need to involve women in efforts to counter violent extremism, terrorist radicalization
Publishing date: 12 March 2012
VIENNA, 12 MARCH 2012 – Ways of empowering women in countering violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism is the focus of a two-day expert meeting organized by the OSCE today in Vienna...
ODIHR supports conference on promoting women’s political participation in Northern Ireland
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Measures to increase the political representation of women in Northern Ireland were highlighted at a conference organized in Belfast on 9 March 2012 by the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Roma women need better access to health care, says OSCE Roma adviser
Publishing date: 9 March 2012
Women from the Roma and Sinti communities are particularly vulnerable regarding their access to health care and more should be done to address the multiple forms of discrimination against them, said the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, on International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012...
Norway’s internet voting pilot project held in an open manner but could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says ODIHR report
Publishing date: 6 March 2012
Norway’s internet voting project for the 12 September local government elections was conducted in an open manner, but the system could have benefited from more formalized procedures, says the final report of the ODIHR Election Expert Team...
Russia’s presidential election marked by unequal campaign conditions, active citizens’ engagement, international observers say
Publishing date: 5 March 2012
MOSCOW, 5 March 2012 – Although candidates in yesterday’s presidential election in the Russian Federation were able to campaign unhindered, conditions were clearly skewed in favour of one of the contestants, current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the international observers concluded in a statement issued today...