News and press releases

On 23 June 2025, in an important milestone for Albania’s legislative process, the Assembly of Albania launched the e-Legislation Portal, created through a project of the OSCE Presence in Albania with funding from the Swiss government. The Portal, developed in line with the international Akoma Ntoso

WARSAW, 20 June 2025 – Greater joint efforts and international co-operation are crucial to safeguard the protection of refugees guaranteed in international law, with the challenges displacement and migration pose both unique and fundamental to our common future, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on today’s World Refugee Day.

12 June 2025, Sarajevo – On the World Day Against Child Labour, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a roundtable in Sarajevo titled “Challenges and Gaps in the Institutional Response to Child Labour and Early Marriages”, aimed at strengthening protections for vulnerable children,

More than 60 parliamentarians and experts from Europe and Central Asia gathered at the Finnish Parliament for a two-day workshop on gender-sensitive parliaments, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with support from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and OSCE field operations. Entitled Realizing Gender Equality in and by Parliaments, the workshop highlighted the critical role of national parliaments in driving progress toward gender equality.

SARAJEVO, 30 May 2025- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) warmly welcomes the announcement of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s return to the work of the Interreligious Council of BiH. We believe that dialogue among people and communities is vital for BiH society, and that religious communities can play a very important role in this process. We commend the joint efforts of the leadership of the Islamic Community in BiH, Serbian Orthodox Church, Catholic Church and Jewish Community in BiH in engaging in constructive dialogue. The Mission remains ready to support the important work of the Interreligious Council in fostering mutual understanding and co-operation.

Thirty investigators from Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Prosecutor’s Office developed skills in trauma-sensitive approaches for interviewing child victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking during a training event on 26-27 May. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz),

SARAJEVO, 21 May 2025 – In a decisive step toward strengthening protections for survivors of domestic violence and violence against women, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Mission) convened a meeting today in Sarajevo to advance the implementation of the new legal framework in the Federation of BiH (FBiH).