News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training course on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 December 2021
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized an in-person training-of-trainers, from 28 November to 2 December 2021 in Tashkent, on international standards of human rights and freedoms for defense lawyers from all regions of Uzbekistan. The training course is part of the longstanding efforts of PCUz to reach out to legal professionals and to support the creation of a community of legal experts in Uzbekistan, with knowledge of the most recent developments among international legal experts.
Enhancing capacity-building of the Ombudsperson office focus of OSCE-organized seminar
Publishing date: 2 December 2021
An OSCE-organized online seminar on mainstreaming the work of the national human rights institutions and the role of an Advisory Council in Turkmenistan took place on 2 December 2021.
OSCE Presence trains Albania’s prison personnel on human rights compliant management of high-risk prisoners
Publishing date: 30 November 2021
The OSCE Presence in Albania started a special training seminar for Albania’s prison personnel, which aimed to train fifty staff members on how to manage detainees held under the special prison regime in compliance with human rights and freedoms. The seminar is taking place from 30 November to 3 December in Tirana.
Principles of effective assistance to victims of human trafficking focus of OSCE workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 November 2021
Discussions on a victim-centred approach and multi-agency co-operation in combating trafficking in human beings were held during an OSCE-organized online seminar on 22 and 23 November 2021.
Development of penitentiary system discussed during seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 November 2021
The protection of human rights in penitentiary institutions and the exchange of information on prisoners' legal rights and freedoms were the focus of a two-day online seminar on 16 and 17 November 2021. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR).
Lack of comprehensive approach to hate crimes leaves them invisible and unaddressed, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 15 November 2021
WARSAW, 15 November 2021 – While many countries across the OSCE are taking greater efforts to combat hate crime, more action needs to be taken to increase knowledge of the true number of hate crimes committed and more done to support victims, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on publishing its annual hate crime report ahead of the 2021 International Day for Tolerance.
OSCE supports a three-day training seminar on the Paris Principles and human rights report writing
Publishing date: 8 November 2021
An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (Paris Principles, 1993) and human rights report writing was concluded on 5 November 2021. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with National Center for Human Rights.