News and press releases

MOSCOW, 17 October 2014 – In their first joint country visit to the Russian Federation, the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on combatting discrimination and promoting tolerance met representatives of the government and civil society in Moscow from 15 to 16 October 2014 to discuss good practices and gaps in policy, activities and legislation, as well as areas where the OSCE can provide further support...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released two publications to assist OSCE participating States in addressing issues of hate crimes on 30 September 2014, during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.

Students from 21 high schools in Skopje learn about privacy, personal data protection, and how to combat online hate speech through an OSCE supported project, from September to December 2014...

COPENHAGEN, 11 September 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representatives on combating discrimination and promoting tolerance on 10 to 11 September 2014 made their second joint country visit this year to Denmark. The visit is aimed at identifying problems, best practices as well as gaps in policy, activities and legislation, and areas where the OSCE can provide further support...

Some 40 representatives from regional civil society organizations of the South Caucasus and international NGOs took part in a discussion in Tbilisi on 3 and 4 September 2014, organized jointly by the 2014 Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the Georgian NGO Analytical Center for Interethnic Cooperation and Consultations. The focus of the event was on the prevention of torture, the independence of the judiciary, and the institutional and legal framework to combat discrimination...

A group of some 90 children in the city of Korça, in south-west of Albania took part in interactive and fun activities organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania on 5 August 2014, to help them understand topics such as human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination...

Eighteen highly experienced trainers and police officers from 13 OSCE participating States gathered in Warsaw from 23 to 25 July 2014 as part of a training-of-trainers event, organized by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The training was provided as part of ODIHR’s Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme, and builds on a 2012 event held together with the Association of European Police Colleges in Lyon, and was organized with their support.