News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports development of interfaith dialogue in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
The State Committee on Religious Affairs of Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek held the National Forum on Inter-confessional Dialogue on 29 and 30 November 2017 in Bishkek.
OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for increased co-operation with persons with disabilities, their organizations on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Publishing date: 2 December 2017
WARSAW, 2 December 2017 Ahead of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, marked on 3 December, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir invited participating States to establish closer partnerships with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations to jointly work towards more representative and equal societies...
ODIHR presents pilot version of its platform for hate incident reporting to Polish and Hungarian NGOs
Publishing date: 29 November 2017
A pilot version of a platform for reporting and recording hate incidents, which is being developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), was presented and discussed with representatives of Polish and Hungarian civil society organizations during meetings in Warsaw
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains state administration employees on anti-discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
Publishing date: 28 November 2017
The sixth training course of the seventh cycle on anti-discrimination was organized for 25 employees of the state administration by Montenegro’s Ministry for Human and Minority Rights in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 27 and 28 November 2017 in Bečići. This training course dealt with preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes second training on hate crime for representatives of judiciary
Publishing date: 27 November 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre organized the second in a series of three one-day training courses on hate crime for representatives of the judiciary on 24 November 2017 in Podgorica...
Surveying unreported hate crimes in Poland in focus at ODIHR-organized meeting in Warsaw
Publishing date: 24 November 2017
The methodology and initial results of a study on unreported hate crimes against members of selected communities in Poland were explored by representatives of civil society, the national administration and international organizations during a meeting in Warsaw on 24 November 2017.
Relation between children’s rights and media, hate speech and hate crime focus of OSCE-supported regional conference on safeguarding human rights in Western Balkans
Publishing date: 24 November 2017
The responsibility of others in protecting children’s physical, moral and mental development, as well as children’s upbringing to guard them against the harmful media and internet content s was the focus of the first day of the two-day Western Balkans Regional Conference – Protect and Respect – Safeguarding Human Rights. The Conference is organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with Agency for Electronic Media and Office for the Protection of Human Rights of Montenegro, on 23 and 24 November 2017 in Podgorica.