News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Ways to engage young migrants in public and political life explored at Warsaw event
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
Engaging young people with a migrant background in political and public life was the focus of discussions at an event held in Warsaw on 19 September 2019, during the annual OSCE human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). The event, organized jointly by the OSCE
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly focus of ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 September 2019
The latest challenges to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in the OSCE region were discussed at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 September 2019 during ODIHR’s annual human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation
Assessing resolution of election disputes focus of new ODIHR handbook for election observers
Publishing date: 17 September 2019
As part of its efforts to develop and refine its election observation methodology, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched a new publication at an event in Warsaw on 17 September 2019, during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The Handbook for
ODIHR launches new guidelines on political participation of people with disabilities at a side event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
Under-representation of people with disabilities in political and public life and examples of positive practice contributing to more inclusive parliaments, political parties and democratic institutions were discussed at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human
Remembering the peaceful revolutions of 1989 to protect our democracies for the future: OSCE annual human rights conference
Publishing date: 16 September 2019
WARSAW, 16 September 2019 – The velvet revolutions that swept Central Eastern Europe 30 years ago gave rise to a time of optimism that we need to recapture as threats to our democracies multiply, key speakers stressed as the annual human rights conference* hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened in Warsaw today.
Presidents of courts discuss international standards for judicial administration at ODIHR seminar in Minsk
Publishing date: 13 September 2019
International rule of law standards related to the court management and independence of the judiciary were the topic of a training seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) together with Belarusian judicial institutions on 13 September 2019 in Minsk.
Shortcomings abound following changes to the nomination and appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Georgia, ODIHR report finds
Publishing date: 10 September 2019
WARSAW, 10 September 2019 – The nomination and appointment of Supreme Court Judges in Georgia is lacking transparency and accountability despite some positive measures to build public trust in the judiciary, according to a new report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).