News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on political party funding and women’s political participation in Georgia
Publishing date: 29 June 2011
TBILISI, 29 June 2011 – Political party funding and the participation of women in political life in Georgia are the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Georgian Central Election Commission which started today...
Experts, policymakers discuss strengthening Armenian judicial independence at OSCE-organized conference
Publishing date: 28 June 2011
YEREVAN, 28 June 2011 – Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Armenia’s judiciary is the focus of a meeting organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
Judges from former Yugoslavia and ICTY share experiences on handling of war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 27 June 2011
BEČIĆI, Montenegro, 27 June 2011- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and their peers from the region met in Bečići today to share experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases...
ODIHR deploys election expert team to follow new voting technologies in Norway
Publishing date: 27 June 2011
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) deployed an election expert team to Norway on 27 June 2011 to follow a pilot project on new voting technologies (NVT) that was put in place for the forthcoming 12 September municipal elections...
ODIHR Director meets UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in Geneva
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, met the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in Geneva on 22 June 2011...
ODIHR issues legal opinion on Kazakhstan's law on status of judges
Publishing date: 22 June 2011
ODIHR issued a legal opinion on Kazakhstan's Constitutional Law on the Judicial System and Status of Judges to the Kazakh Supreme Court on 21 June 2011.
OSCE human rights chief calls for end to segregation and discrimination against Roma children in Czech schools
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
WARSAW, 21 June 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said more must to be done to end the persisting segregation and discrimination of Roma children in the Czech school system following the release of a United Nations report today...