News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Religious and belief communities need legal recognition, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
Religious and belief communities should be granted quick, simple and non-discriminatory access to legal personality, said participants at a meeting on the margins of the OSCE’s annual human rights conference in Warsaw on 2 October 2012...
Role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims in focus at ODIHR meeting
Publishing date: 6 September 2012
The important role of education in countering intolerance against Muslims was the theme of a meeting of representatives of education ministries and educational institutions organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 6 September 2012...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on countering discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance
Publishing date: 14 August 2012
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 14 August 2012 – Some 40 representatives of state agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered at a roundtable meeting today to discuss the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Kazakhstan on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination...
OSCE Office holds workshops for journalists on freedom of religion and expression in Armenia
Publishing date: 19 July 2012
National legislation on freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, as well as OSCE and international human rights standards in the field are the topics of a three-day workshop for Armenian journalists held from 19 to 21 July 2012. It is organized by the non-governmental organization Collaboration for Democracy Centre with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
Effective prosecution of hate crimes focus of ODIHR event for prosecutors
Publishing date: 6 July 2012
The effective prosecution of hate crimes was the theme of a meeting and pilot training session organized for 25 prosecutors from across the OSCE region by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5 and 6 July 2012...
ODIHR’s training programme on combating hate crimes presented to Association of European Police Colleges
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its specialized police training programme on hate crimes to the Executive Committee of the Association of European Police Colleges (AEPC) in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-D'or in France on 27 June 2012...
Civil society’s response to hate crimes against Christians in focus at ODIHR seminar in Rome
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
Helping civil society better respond to hate crimes against Christians was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and hosted by the Italian Foreign Ministry, in Rome on 26 and 27 June 2012...