News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes first seminar on community-policing approaches to countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in Mongolia
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
ULAANBAATAR, 6 July 2017- A two-day national seminar on a community-policing approach to countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE, concluded today in Ulaanbaatar. The seminar was the first of its kind to be held in Mongolia...
OSCE Mission to Serbia organizes conference on transparent, independent and accessible judiciary
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the European Union twinning project “Strengthening Capacities of the High Judicial Council and the State Prosecutorial Council” organized a conference on the relationship between the judiciary and other branches of government in Serbia, on 5 July 2017 in Belgrade...
OSCE parliamentarians meet this week in Minsk to produce recommendations on security, economics, environment and human rights
Publishing date: 3 July 2017
MINSK, 3 July 2017 – Held under the theme “Enhancing mutual trust and co-operation for peace and prosperity in the OSCE region,” the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2017 Annual Session will begin Wednesday with keynote speeches by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen, and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz...
Spain’s San Pablo CEU University wins the second joint Facebook and OSCE #UnitedCVE Peer to Peer competition
Publishing date: 27 June 2017
VIENNA, 27 June 2017- A team of students from the San Pablo CEU University of Spain was today awarded the first prize in a regional competition organized by the OSCE United in Countering Violent Extremism (#UnitedCVE) campaign as part of the Peer to Peer (P2P): Facebook Global Digital Challenge...
OSCE Mission to Moldova brings together lawyers from both banks for summer training course on accessing information
Publishing date: 27 June 2017
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized a three-day summer training course for lawyers from 23 to 25 June 2017 aimed at enhancing their ability to access information and to collect and protect personal data in accordance with Moldovan law and international standards. The event, held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, brought together 30 lawyers and representatives of NGOs and legal aid clinics for lively discussions on this complex subject...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link calls on participating States to strictly observe prohibition of torture or other ill-treatment of returned individuals
Publishing date: 23 June 2017
WARSAW, 26 June 2017 – On the occasion of today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on all OSCE participating States to ensure that no one is exposed to the risk of torture, including by ensuring that the states’ actions do not put people at risk of being tortured in other countries.
Spanish police officers trained on human rights standards in countering violent extremism that may lead to terrorism at ODIHR workshop in Málaga
Publishing date: 22 June 2017
A group of 22 mid- to higher rank officers of Spain’s local police forces gained essential knowledge and skills to respect human rights in countering and preventing violent extremism that may lead to terrorism during a training workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and