News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports a one-day workshop on hate crime for university students
Publishing date: 15 November 2017
Raising awareness about hate crimes among students was the focus of a one-day workshop for students from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Montenegro that organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the University and held on 14 November 2017.
Positive practices to enable participation of persons with disabilities in political parties explored at OSCE/ODIHR event in Brussels
Publishing date: 8 November 2017
Initiatives to facilitate increased representation of persons with disabilities in political party structures across Europe and the broader OSCE region were the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Brussels on 8 November 2017. The meeting, at the European Parliament, was organized in co-operation with the Parliament’s Disability Intergroup and the European Disability Forum.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports public debate on draft amendments to the law against discrimination
Publishing date: 23 October 2017
Legal experts from across the country joined an OSCE-supported public debate in Skopje on 20 October 2017 to comment on the draft amendments to the law on anti-discrimination.
Methods to respond to intolerance, discrimination against Muslims explored at conference organized in Vienna by OSCE/ODIHR and Georgetown University
Publishing date: 18 October 2017
Participants in a conference held in Vienna on 18 October 2017 reviewed current manifestations of intolerance and discrimination against Muslims and related challenges across the OSCE region and explored methods for developing a comprehensive response to address these phenomena. The event,
OSCE Mission supports drafting of model local action plan for inclusion of Roma and Egyptians
Publishing date: 13 October 2017
Podgorica, 13 October 2017- The finalization of a model local action plan for the inclusion of Roma and Egyptians communities was the main goal of a workshop organized in Podgorica on 11 and 12 October 2017. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro within the framework of the extra-budgetary project "Prevention of Early Forced Marriages among Vulnerable Groups", supported by the French Permanent Mission to the OSCE.
OSCE workshop on political participation of persons with disabilities takes place in Skopje
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life was the focus of an OSCE Mission to Skopje-organized workshop that took place on 28 September 2017 in Skopje.
Government officials and civil society discuss ways to advance the human dimension of security in Ukraine at OSCE/ODIHR event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 27 September 2017
More than 150 representatives of civil society, international organizations and academia, as well as government and elected officials, gathered in Kyiv on 26 and 27 September to review the results of activities carried out with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to strengthen the human dimension of security in Ukraine.