News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR team assesses opportunities for democracy and human rights assistance in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
A team of experts from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) arrived in Kyrgyzstan on 27 March for a five-day visit to explore possibilities for assisting the authorities and civil society with democratic reform...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Azerbaijani journalist, calls upon government to curb violence against the media
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
VIENNA, 28 March 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today a recent attack on a newspaperman in Azerbaijan and called upon the government to take urgent action to curtail violence against journalists...
OSCE supports elaboration of Kyrgyzstan’s national strategy for inter-ethnic relations
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
BISHKEK, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians discussed a new framework document for managing Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic diversity at an OSCE-supported event in Bishkek today...
Prospects for probation in Kazakhstan’s criminal justice system discussed at OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 28 March 2011
ASTANA, 28 March 2011 – Parliamentarians, government officials, civil society representatives and academics discussed the necessary legal and institutional framework for a probation system in Kazakhstan at an OSCE Centre conference that began in Astana today...
OSCE Centre promotes high-level dialogue on strengthening the role of the Ombudsman in Kazakhstan in preventing torture
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
ASTANA, 25 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported conference on establishing and implementing a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in Kazakhstan concluded in Astana today...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes comprehensive reform initiative in Morocco, outlines potential for OSCE support
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
VIENNA, 25 March 2011 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Renatas Norkus, speaking on behalf of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, today welcomed the comprehensive democratic reform initiative announced by His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, earlier this month, and underscored the readiness of the OSCE community to share its own experience and expertise in democratic reform processes with the Organization’s Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation...
Attempts to undermine the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Prosecutor's Office of BiH harm all people in BiH
Publishing date: 25 March 2011
SARAJEVO, 25 March 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina has noted with increasing concern that the role and purpose of BiH’s state judicial institutions have been openly called into question in recent weeks...