News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Experts discuss migrant integration practices at OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
Challenges and good practices in the field of integrating migrants were the focus of an expert workshop held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 29 November 2018. Experts from ten OSCE participating States took part in the discussion. The
OSCE/ODIHR supports building capacity of trainers in effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities in Slovakia
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
Building the capacity of teaching staff to provide training on effective and human rights-compliant policing in Roma communities was the focus of a course organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Košice, Slovakia, from 27 to 30 November 2018.
Experts examine national practices of public participation in lawmaking at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
A roundtable discussion to explore practical ways of ensuring meaningful public participation in lawmaking was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 30 November 2018. The event brought together 24 experts (14 women and ten men) from 11
Central Asian criminal justice experts gather in Bishkek for bi-annual OSCE/ODIHR forum
Publishing date: 29 November 2018
Some 120 criminal justice experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek from 27 to 29 November 2018 for the Seventh Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions
Candidates campaigned freely in competitive Georgia run-off, though one side enjoyed undue advantage and negative character of campaign undermined process, international observers say
Publishing date: 29 November 2018
TBILISI, 29 November 2018 – The second round of Georgia’s presidential election was competitive and candidates were able to campaign freely; however one side enjoyed an undue advantage and the negative character of the campaign on both sides undermined the process, the international observers concluded in a preliminary statement released today. While the election was well administered, the absence of regulations for key aspects of election run-offs led to a lack of legal certainty, the statement says...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on presidential election in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 November 2018
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report of the ODIHR election observation mission for the October 2017 presidential election in Kyrgyzstan during their visit to Bishkek from 26 to 28 November 2018. The report’s
Reducing incentives for coercion, tainted confessions in criminal justice systems focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Bishkek
Publishing date: 27 November 2018
Diminishing incentives for coercion in criminal justice systems and examining ways to strengthen or effectively implement safeguards against torture and other ill-treatment were the focus of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the