News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Belarus still has considerable way to go in meeting OSCE commitments, despite certain improvements, election observers say
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
MINSK, 20 December 2010- Yesterday's presidential election showed that Belarus still has a considerable way to go in meeting its OSCE commitments, although some specific improvements were made, concluded the international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)...
Institutions should do more to protect communities' rights, says new OSCE Mission in Kosovo report
Publishing date: 14 December 2010
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 December 2010- Kosovo institutions have taken considerable steps to enhance the protection and promotion of non-Albanian community rights, but implementation of laws and a stronger institutional commitment is necessary to achieve full respect for their rights, according to a report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo released today...
Strengthening independence of Russia’s judiciary discussed at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Moscow
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
MOSCOW, 14 December 2010- Identifying ways to strengthen the independence of Russia’s judiciary and enhance public confidence in judicial independence were in focus of a meeting organized today in Moscow by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Centre holds international conference on freedom of peaceful assembly
Publishing date: 12 December 2010
ASTANA, 13 December 2010- A roundtable on international standards on freedom of peaceful assembly, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, started today...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports conference for students on International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
ALMATY, 10 December 2010- Law students and young academics discussed Kazakhstan's international human rights commitments and mechanisms for their implementation at a university conference in Almaty today...
OSCE Presence in Albania marks International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2010
TIRANA, 10 December 2010- The OSCE Presence marked today the International Human Rights Day in an event, which brought together high Albanian officials, key actors in the field of human rights, representatives of civil society, media and the diplomatic corps...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, ZELS mark fifth anniversary of decentralization process
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
SKOPJE, 3 December 2010- The fifth anniversary of the start of the decentralization process in the country was marked with a conference co-organized by the OSCE and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS) in Mavrovo today...