News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE human rights office presents 2011 death penalty report
Publishing date: 29 September 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented a report on the death penalty in the OSCE region on 28 September on the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw...
OSCE Chairperson regrets violent incidents in northern Kosovo and calls for resumption of dialogue
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
VILNIUS, 28 September 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, calls for resumption of Belgrade- Prishtinë/Priština dialogue as a way forward in resolving outstanding issues...
Early warning, regional mechanisms key to countering terrorist threat, OSCE anti-terrorism head tells UN committee
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
UNITED NATIONS, 28 September 2011 – Regional organizations have a critical role in putting global strategies to fight terrorism into practice, said Raphael Perl, the Head on Anti-Terrorism Issues at the OSCE Secretariat, at a special meeting of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee today...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation of presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
SOFIA, 28 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 23 October presidential and municipal elections in Bulgaria...
Proposals to regulate Internet could threaten freedom of expression, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
VIENNA, 28 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, voiced concern today about Internet regulation policies proposed by several participating States and reminded them of their OSCE media freedom commitments...
Religious communities should be able to register freely and without restriction, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
Participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw urged governments not to use registration procedures to prevent religious communities from exercising their rights to freedom of religion or belief...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 28 September 2011
VIENNA, 28 September 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 28 September. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...