News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains prosecutors on international human rights standards in investigating torture in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
The protection of the rights of torture victims, application of international human rights standards during the investigation and prosecution of torture crimes, as well as existing national practices and problems in this sphere is the focus of a three-day OSCE-supported training course for prosecutors, deputy prosecutors and assistant prosecutors that started on 5 September in Bishkek...
ODIHR conference in Istanbul focuses on standards in political party regulation
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) opened a one-day conference on 5 September in Istanbul, on the importance of ensuring that Turkish legislation on the regulation of political parties meets international standards and OSCE commitments...
OSCE supports training for civil society organizations in Nakhchivan
Publishing date: 5 September 2011
NAKHCHIVAN, Azerbaijan, 5 September 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported training session for non-governmental organizations in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) of Azerbaijan started today...
15th IPRM meeting takes place in Dvani
Publishing date: 2 September 2011
DVANI, 2 September 2011- The 15th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Dvani today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the OSCE...
OSCE Mission kicks off campaign to boost public participation in municipal budget planning
Publishing date: 1 September 2011
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 1 September 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched today a public information campaign to help municipalities increase public participation in the 2012 municipal budget planning process...
OSCE Chairperson condemns attacks in Grozny
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
VILNIUS, 31 August 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Grozny, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya...
ODIHR hosts seminar on increasing the accuracy of voter registers
Publishing date: 31 August 2011
Harmonizing population and voter-registration systems in OSCE participating States, including efficient data-sharing mechanisms in compiling accurate voter lists, is being discussed at a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw...