News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR trains Egyptian NGOs on human rights, election observation
Publishing date: 27 July 2011
Fifteen civil society representatives from Egypt arrived in Warsaw on 26 July for a three-day training workshop on election monitoring and human rights organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE’s Lithuanian Chairmanship...
Finnish parliamentary elections professionally administered, conducted in full respect for fundamental freedom, ODIHR report says
Publishing date: 22 July 2011
Finland’s 17 April parliamentary elections were professionally administered and commanded high levels of confidence, ODIHR concluded in the final report on the electoral process published on 21 July 2011...
Need for greater political pluralism highlighted in OSCE report
Publishing date: 18 July 2011
Better compliance with the OSCE’s political pluralism commitments is one of the recommendations of a report from the May 2011 OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on the role of political parties in the political process, published by ODIHR on 15 July...
ODIHR, IOM host roundtable meeting on the integration of migrants in Ukraine
Publishing date: 13 July 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted a roundtable meeting on 13 July 2011 on the integration of migrants in Ukraine. The 50 participants from the Ukrainian government, civil society and international organizations discussed how to resolve the challenges related to the integration of migrants in the country...
OSCE meeting calls for strong, independent human rights bodies to bridge gap between government, citizens
Publishing date: 13 July 2011
VILNIUS, 13 July 2011 – Strong and independent national human rights institutions are essential for bridging the gap between government and civil society, speakers said at the opening today of a special OSCE meeting on the topic...
OSCE launches Romanian version of guide on building trust between police and Roma
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
The Romanian version of an OSCE manual on good practices in building trust and understanding between police and Roma and Sinti communities was launched at a meeting in Romania’s parliament on 8 July 2011...
Serbian court and prosecution staff receives humanitarian law training under ODHIR-led War Crimes Justice Project
Publishing date: 6 July 2011
BELGRADE, 6 July 2011- Staff from the Serbian High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor completed today a three-day training course on international humanitarian law. The training was held as part of the War Crimes Justice Project which is led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...