News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Progress and challenges over three decades of safeguarding democracy and human rights: OSCE webinar series begins today
Publishing date: 28 September 2020
WARSAW/VIENNA, 28 September 2020 – The increasing challenges to the rights and freedoms at the heart of the OSCE commitments to human rights and democracy made 30 years ago, as well as the need for a greater understanding that only a dialogue based on mutual respect will enable us to overcome our common challenges, form the backdrop for a month-long series of webinars beginning today...
OSCE organizes online seminar for judges on freedom of expression and judicial regulation of defamation cases in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 September 2020
An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and the judicial regulation of defamation took place on 24 September 2020 in Nur-Sultan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organized the event with the Supreme Court, NGO Legal Media Centre, Internews Kazakhstan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)...
Leadership, women’s political participation and public speaking skills in focus of OSCE-supported webinar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 September 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan, the UN Women Office in Kazakhstan, and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized an online event for women politicians and those that aspire to become politically active, from 16 to 19 September 2020...
COVID-19 brings home the critical importance of democracy in an era of challenges, ODIHR says
Publishing date: 15 September 2020
WARSAW, 15 September 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put democracies to their biggest test in decades, people are increasingly appreciating the vital importance of participating in societies where their voices and concerns are heard, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on today’s International Day of Democracy...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organizes online seminar on protection of private life and personal data
Publishing date: 21 August 2020
An OSCE-supported online seminar on protecting the private life and personal data was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan on 20 August 2020 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to prepare and ensure safety and lawfulness during 2020 Parliamentary Elections
Publishing date: 21 August 2020
More than 100 representatives of the Bishkek city's law enforcement agencies took part in the OSCE-supported three-week online training course on 17 August 2020 in Bishkek. The course focused on how to prepare and ensure safety and lawfulness during the upcoming 4 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission welcomes the launch of an online register of public sector in Brcko District of BiH
Publishing date: 20 August 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supported the Brcko District Government in developing an online register of public employees and appointees...