News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Moldovan trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, says UN-OSCE report
Publishing date: 17 December 2003
CHISINAU, 17 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organized crime in Moldova, the United Nations and the OSCE Mission to Moldova warn in a...
New Croatian government faces key test on human rights implementation, says OSCE Mission report
Publishing date: 16 December 2003
ZAGREB, 16 December 2003- A new report issued by the OSCE Mission to Croatia urges the new Croatian government to ensure that key human rights issues are dealt with as priorities. "The new Government inherits a mixed legacy, on the one hand, the...
OSCE Almaty roundtable to focus on problem of juvenile delinquency
Publishing date: 12 December 2003
ALMATY, 12 December 2003- Discussion of the legal status of under-aged offenders who are not criminally liable due to their youth will bring together Kazakhstan's human rights experts at a roundtable next week. In criminological terminology...
Outgoing OSCE media watchdog reports to participating States about deteriorating press freedom
Publishing date: 11 December 2003
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today strongly criticised a deterioration in media freedom in many participating States in his final statement to the Permanent Council before leaving office...
Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says
Publishing date: 10 December 2003
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organised crime in south-eastern Europe, according to a joint report of the OSCE, the UN and...
OSCE human rights chief warns against use of "war on terrorism" to justify repression
Publishing date: 10 December 2003
LONDON/WARSAW, 10 December 2003- On International Human Rights Day, the OSCE human rights chief, Ambassador Christian Strohal, has warned that the "war on terrorism" was being used in some countries as an excuse to suppress legitimate...
Human rights should be priority for new government, OSCE Croatia mission head says
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
ZAGREB, 9 December 2003- "The respect and promotion of international and European human rights standards is a goal the new Croatian Government will be expected to embrace," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a...