News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on tolerance and non-discrimination visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 27 May 2017
SARAJEVO, 27 May 2017 – The Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Tolerance conducted a country visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended in Sarajevo yesterday.
Civil society’s role in addressing hate crime focus of OSCE/ODIHR training in Istanbul
Publishing date: 22 May 2017
Strengthening the ability of civil society groups to counter hate crime was the focus of a training event co-hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 19 to 22 May 2017 in Istanbul. The event, organized in co-operation with the European Muslim Initiative
Legal professionals, academics discuss OSCE/ODIHR approach to combating hate crime at workshop in Milan
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
A group of 20 legal professionals – prosecutors, judges and justices of the peace – and academics discussed the important role of the criminal justice system in addressing hate crimes at a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 May 2017
New OSCE/ODIHR publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing security needs of Jewish communities
Publishing date: 15 May 2017
BERLIN, 15 May 2017 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released a new publication aimed at assisting governments in addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, at a launch event in the German Parliamentary Society...
Italian prosecutors and judges strengthen skills to respond to hate crimes at OSCE/ODIHR training course in Milan
Publishing date: 5 May 2017
A group of 30 Italian prosecutors and judges improved their ability to address hate crime during a training course co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) on 5 May 2017 in Milan, Italy. The event, part of ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training
ODIHR Director Link and OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representative Gabriel concerned over Jehovah’s Witness ban in Russia
Publishing date: 25 April 2017
WARSAW, 25 April 2017 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Professor Ingeborg Gabriel, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions, today expressed serious concern over the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to declare the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ national headquarters and all local communities “extremist” and to ban their activities with immediate effect...
ODIHR Director calls on Russian authorities to urgently investigate reports of shocking human rights violations against gay men in Chechnya
Publishing date: 13 April 2017
WARSAW, 13 April 2017 Michael Georg Link, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today called on Russian Federation authorities to urgently investigate the alleged disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment against men in Chechnya based on their real or perceived sexual orientation.