News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Skopje provides legal information on social rights to Roma community
Publishing date: 25 November 2013
The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a series of four legal information sessions for the Roma community in Skopje, with the last one held on 25 November 2013...
Continued efforts to address the situation of Roma and Sinti needed, say participants of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 7 November 2013
VIENNA, 7 November 2013 – Governments should take steps to more effectively integrate Roma and Sinti communities, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna, which runs until 8 November 2013...
Greater involvement of local authorities needed for successful Roma integration, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2013
Local authorities need to take greater ownership of and responsibility for the integration of Roma communities, said participants of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 24 September 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR Director highlights tangible results of grants programme during visit to Roma settlement in Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 September 2013
BRNJEŠ/BËRNJESH, 5 September 2013 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), visited a Roma settlement in Gračanica/Graçanicë in central Kosovo today, to meet with municipal and Roma community representatives and discuss efforts to promote Roma integration and improve access to public services...
ODIHR Director saddened by death of Nicolae Gheorghe, architect of OSCE work on Roma issues
Publishing date: 9 August 2013
WARSAW, 9 August 2013 – The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, expressed sadness today at the death of Nicolae Gheorghe, a prominent Roma human rights activist and former ODIHR Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues...
Acting Head of OSCE Presence in Albania supports People’s Advocate’s appeal for legal solution in Roma eviction case
Publishing date: 7 August 2013
TIRANA, 7 August 2013 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Robert Wilton, called today on the police, the judiciary and the Municipality of Tirana to respond to the call by the People’s Advocate for a legal response to the situation with Roma families threatened with eviction from their homes...
OSCE human rights chief calls on Czech authorities to address segregation and social exclusion to help prevent anti-Roma incidents
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
WARSAW, 18 July 2013 Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed concern today over recent extremist demonstrations and attempted attacks on Roma residents in České Budějovice and Duchcov in the Czech Republic...