News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Equal political participation of persons with disabilities, youth and women focus of OSCE/ODIHR forum in Bishkek
Publishing date: 12 December 2017
Ensuring equal access to decision-making for persons with disabilities, youth and women was the focus of an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and other partners in Bishkek on 12 December 2017. Over 50
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for increased co-operation with persons with disabilities, their organizations on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Publishing date: 2 December 2017
WARSAW, 2 December 2017 Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, marked on 3 December, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir invited participating States to establish closer partnerships with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations to jointly work towards more representative and equal societies...
OSCE/ODIHR shares expertise on judicial independence and accountability with members of judiciary and legal professionals in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2017
The role of judicial councils in ensuring judicial independence and accountability was the focus of a seminar in Tashkent on 29 and 30 November 2017, co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.
Linkages between gender, diversity and justice explored at ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 November 2017
The impact of gender equality and diversity within the judiciary and the prosecution service on the fairness of justice systems was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2017. More than 20
OSCE-organized training course for parliamentary services held in Podgorica
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the parliament’s Department of Human Resources, organized a training course on managing change for parliamentary services on 27 and 28 November in Podgorica...
OSCE PA human rights committee Chair concerned over case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey
Publishing date: 21 November 2017
COPENHAGEN, 21 November 2017 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, expressed concern today over the case of Taner Kiliç, Chair of Amnesty International Turkey. Kiliç, accused of being a member of the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), is set to go to trial Wednesday...
Young people explore new tools for political participation at OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Tirana
Publishing date: 17 November 2017
Some 30 young people from across South-Eastern Europe gathered together with experts on civic technology, e-governance and related fields in Tirana on 17 November 2017 to explore how new technologies and social media platforms can encourage young peoples’ political participation by creating avenues