News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
US elections highly competitive, but voting rights not guaranteed for all groups, international observers say
Publishing date: 7 November 2018
WASHINGTON D.C., 7 November 2018 – The 6 November mid-term elections in the United States were highly competitive and contestants could campaign freely, with media presenting a wide array of information and views, enabling voters to make an informed choice. However, campaign rhetoric was often intensely negative and at times intolerant, including on social networks, the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) concluded in a statement released today...
For 25 years Russians and Americans have observed each other’s elections: This year is nothing new
Publishing date: 2 November 2018
Op-ed by George Tsereteli and Isabel Santos, The Hill, 1 November 2018
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to deploy election observation mission to the United States
Publishing date: 30 October 2018
COPENHAGEN, 30 October 2018 – Some 75 members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will soon be travelling to the United States to observe the 6 November midterm elections. Led by Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term observer mission George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) and Head of the OSCE PA mission Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the observers will participate in several days of meetings and briefings in Washington, DC, before deploying around the country for election day observation...
Denmark’s and Sweden’s approaches to migration offer lessons for broader OSCE area, say participants of fact-finding field visit
Publishing date: 24 October 2018
COPENHAGEN, 24 October 2018 – The multi-pronged and multi-level responses to migration challenges in Denmark and Sweden have been in focus during a two-day field visit by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, led by Chair Nahima Lanjri (MP, Belgium)...
OSCE PA election observers arrive this week in Tbilisi ahead of Georgian presidential election
Publishing date: 22 October 2018
COPENHAGEN, 22 October 2018 – Leading members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s election observation mission to the 28 October presidential election in Georgia are arriving this week in Tbilisi for final preparations of the mission...
OSCE PA human rights leaders concerned at detentions of Turkish opposition members
Publishing date: 12 October 2018
COPENHAGEN, 12 October 2018 – Following a wave of detentions in Turkey in recent days, the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee expressed concern that authorities were targeting political opponents in advance of local elections scheduled for March 2019.
OSCE parliamentarians debate future of election observation at European Parliament in Brussels
Publishing date: 12 October 2018
COPENHAGEN, 12 November 2018 – Election monitoring by members of parliament helps to emphasize the importance of democratic processes, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) Thursday at a high-level conference on the Future of Election Observation in Brussels...