News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes awareness among Kyrgyzstan’s national media on combating trafficking in persons
Publishing date: 11 August 2022
On July 26, 2022 in anticipation of World Day against Trafficking in Persons, a press café was held in Bishkek for media representatives and leading bloggers of the country to inform the society about issues related to the combat against trafficking in persons in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Mission presents human rights documentaries at Kosovo’s DokuFest film festival
Publishing date: 10 August 2022
Last night, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented five short documentaries on human rights and democratic values, as part of the DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival held in Prizren.
OSCE continues efforts to prevent and combat gender-based violence in South Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 3 August 2022
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department's Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) organized a regional training-of-trainer course on gender-sensitive policing of violence against women and girls (VAWG) from 25 to 29 July 2022 in Warsaw, Poland.
OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism invoked to examine serious concerns about the Russian Federation’s fulfilment of its human rights commitments
Publishing date: 28 July 2022
Thirty-eight OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism on 28 July 2022 in order “to establish a mission of experts to look into and report on the ongoing concerns […] identified as particularly serious threats to the fulfilment of the provisions of the OSCE human dimension by the Russian Federation, to assess Russia’s legal and administrative practice in light of its OSCE commitments, to establish the facts, and to provide recommendations and advice”.
Greater efforts needed to protect the human trafficking victims struggling to access their rights, OSCE leaders say
Publishing date: 18 July 2022
VIENNA/WARSAW, 18 July 2022 – Protecting the human rights of trafficking victims must be placed at the heart of all responses to this global crime that particularly targets women and girls, who are even more at risk in situations of armed conflict, OSCE leaders said at the opening of a two-day conference today.
Moscow Mechanism experts present findings to OSCE Permanent Council on Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 July 2022
The OSCE Moscow Mechanism mission of experts undertaken by Professor Veronika Bílková, Professor Laura Guercio and Professor Vasilka Sancin presented their findings to the OSCE Permanent Council on 14 July 2022, collected in the report entitled ‘Report on Violations of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Ukraine (1 April – 25 June 2022)’.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro working to support improving accessibility of elections for people with disabilities
Publishing date: 5 July 2022
On 4 July 2022, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitated a discussion between the State Election Commission, the Union of the Blind and municipal electoral commissions on how to ensure that people with disabilities can exercise their right to vote in secret in the upcoming municipal elections on 23 October.