News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Dialogue Academy alumni meet in Belgrade
Publishing date: 12 April 2016
Twenty young women, alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy, met in Belgrade from 6 to 8 April 2016, to continue co-operation and agree on joint projects for 2016...
Model OSCE conference in Bishkek engages youth in building consensus on managing trans-boundary waters
Publishing date: 9 April 2016
BISHKEK, 9 April, 2016 – Thirty-five young people gathered in Bishkek today for the start of a two-day Model OSCE conference, simulating a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to discuss challenges to cross-border water management in Central Asia...
OSCE/ODIHR shares trial monitoring expertise with NGO representatives from Eastern Europe and South Caucasus at training event in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 April 2016
The fundamentals of trial monitoring were the focus of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Educational Human Rights House, from 6 to 8 April 2016 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Bringing together 26 lawyers representing
OSCE promotes free access to Government-held information in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
A two-day training course, the first in a series of three, entitled “Promoting Free Access to Government-Held Information”, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan jointly with the Armenian Justice Ministry, was launched on 5 April 2016 in the capital...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly marks 25 years of dialogue
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
COPENHAGEN, 1 April 2016 – On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) congratulated the thousands of parliamentarians involved in the OSCE PA for their immense contributions to the OSCE process and people since 1991...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan, ODIHR conclude process of preparing gender action plans for political parties
Publishing date: 30 March 2016
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 29 March 2016 in Dushanbe organized a roundtable discussion with women politicians from all seven of the country’s registered political parties on the importance and relevance of gender action plans and gender budgeting...
ODIHR and OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organize training on rights of migrants
Publishing date: 24 March 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Yerevan held a training course on the rights of migrants on 24-26 March 2016 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. The overall aim of this training was to support national authorities of OSCE participating States in ensuring that their national migration management practices comply with relevant international legal obligations and OSCE commitments, aiming to respect and protect the human rights of migrants...