News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BERLIN, 13 November 2014 – Political leaders, governmental officials and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region gathered in Berlin today for a conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Declaration on Anti-Semitism and to discuss challenges posed by contemporary anti-Semitism...
OSCE in Moldova trains judges and prosecutors on combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
CHISINAU, 12 November 2014 – A group of Moldovan judges and prosecutors completed today an OSCE train-the-trainer course to enhance the capacity of the Moldovan judiciary system to prevent and combat domestic violence...
Governments need to step up their efforts to address anti-Semitism, say participants at OSCE Civil Society Forum
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
BERLIN, 12 November 2014 – Political will on the part of governments and partnership with civil society are crucial in addressing challenges related to contemporary anti-Semitism in the OSCE region, participants at an OSCE conference said today in Berlin...
Gender equality principles in education focus of OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported workshop
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
Gender equality principles in education, with a particular focus on protection against discrimination and domestic violence, were the focus of a workshops organized for a group of 20 Faculty of Philosophy students, Montenegro University, on 11 October and 25 October 2014, in Nikšić...
Enable religious communities in Kosovo to register as legal entities, say OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 30 October 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 October 2014 – Leaders and members of Islamic, Serbian Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant Evangelic, and Jewish communities in Kosovo reiterated today their call for an improved legal framework which would enable religious communities to register as legal entities, request restitution of property and regulate their finances...
OSCE co-organizes workshop on anti-discrimination litigation in Armenia
Publishing date: 24 October 2014
National and international instruments for protecting rights to non-discrimination were discussed by lawyers and human rights defenders at a one-day workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and its partners on 23 October 2014 in Yerevan...
Role of prosecutors in addressing hate crimes the focus of discussion at ODIHR and IAP event in Washington
Publishing date: 22 October 2014
Key challenges in strengthening the work by prosecutors in addressing hate crimes were the focus of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) in Washington, D. C. on 22 October 2014.