News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Head of ODIHR election observation mission presents report at special European Parliament session on Belarus
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, the head of ODIHR's election observation mission for the presidential election in Belarus on 19 December 2010, presented the mission's preliminary findings during an extraordinary session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels on 12 January.
Strengthening independence of Russia's judiciary discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Moscow
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
MOSCOW, 14 December 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Russia's judiciary and enhance public confidence in judicial independence were in focus of a meeting organized today in Moscow by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) together with the Information Science for Democracy Foundation (INDEM) and the Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR)...
Strengthening independence of Russia’s judiciary discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Moscow
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
MOSCOW, 14 December 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Russia’s judiciary and enhance public confidence in judicial independence were in focus of a meeting organized today in Moscow by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Judges from ICTY, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss handling war crimes cases under OSCE/ODIHR-led project
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2010- Judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today discussed experiences in adjudicating war crimes cases with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the regional War Crimes Justice Project led by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
Ahead of Human Rights Day, OSCE human rights chief, UN Special Rapporteur call for removing undue restrictions on religious freedom
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
VIENNA, 9 December 2010- Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, today called on states to remove undue restrictions on the fundamental freedom of religion or belief...
ODIHR provides training on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 8 December 2010
On 8 December, staff from ODIHR and members of ODIHR’s Advisory Council on Freedom of Religion or Belief provided a one-day training session in Vienna for 23 participants from non-governmental organizations and religious or belief communities from all parts of the OSCE region.
Need for more transparency and pluralism stressed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting on electoral reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 December 2010
DUSHANBE, 8 December 2010- Participants in a meeting on electoral reform organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today stressed the importance of increasing transparency and pluralism in Tajikistan...