News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes expert meeting on preventing the terrorist radicalization of women
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – The dynamics behind the terrorist radicalization of women and ways to prevent it from happening was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE today for experts from academia, civil society, the media and OSCE participating States...
OSCE Mission, local and international stakeholders mark progress in discussion on returns to Nerodime e Epërme/Gornje Nerodimlje village
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
An OSCE Mission-facilitated meeting with representatives of Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality, Nerodime e Epërme/Gornje Nerodimlje village, Kosovo police, EULEX, UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council on the returns process concluded successfully in Ferizaj/Uroševac on 9 December 2011...
OSCE Office holds Human Rights Week events for local communities across Tajikistan
Publishing date: 12 December 2011
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan together with its field offices in Garm, Khujand, Shartuz and Kulyab and the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, the Executive Office of the President and civil society partners concluded a week of events dedicated to the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 9 December 2011...
OSCE Mission congratulates Assembly of Kosovo on its tenth anniversary
Publishing date: 10 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 10 December 2011 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, congratulated today the public and their elected representatives on the tenth anniversary of the Assembly of Kosovo...
Promise of Astana Summit remains unfulfilled in OSCE area, ODIHR director says ahead of Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
WARSAW, 9 December 2011 – One year after the OSCE participating States promised to step up their efforts to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, tangible progress remains elusive, said Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of ODIHR, ahead of international Human Rights Day...
Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for full respect of human and community rights
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 December 2011 – Ambassador Werner Almhofer, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December:
OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues
Publishing date: 9 December 2011
The OSCE and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) held an intensive train–the-trainers course for border guard officers on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers as well as reception practices at border entry points from 21 to 30 November 2011...