News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR publishes Ukrainian version of its anti-trafficking guide
Publishing date: 21 August 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) launched its Guiding Principles on Human Rights in the Return of Trafficked Persons in the Ukrainian language at an event in Kyiv on 21 August 2018.
ODIHR and Penal Reform International publish new resource on Nelson Mandela Rules’ minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners
Publishing date: 9 August 2018
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published a new tool on 9 August 2018 to support the effective implementation of minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners. The resource, produced jointly with Penal Reform International (PRI), was launched initially
ODIHR trains Uzbek law-enforcement officers on human rights and counter-terrorism policing
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
The importance of observing human rights standards to improve the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policing was the focus of a training workshop held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in Tashkent
ODIHR Director marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, calls on states to make clear no form of ill-treatment is permitted
Publishing date: 26 June 2018
WARSAW, 26 June 2018 – “Torture cannot be justified under any circumstances,” Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said on the occasion of today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, while calling on all OSCE participating States to make it clear that no form of ill-treatment is permitted.
Rehabilitation of victims of torture in focus at joint OSCE Chairmanship-ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 June 2018
The rehabilitation of victims of torture was the main focus of a workshop organized in Vienna on 21 June 2018 by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, the Government of Denmark, the Government of Switzerland, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the inter-governmental
OSCE human rights chief stresses responsibility of all states to ensure security and dignified treatment of refugees, particularly the most vulnerable
Publishing date: 20 June 2018
WARSAW, 20 June 2018 – While the countries in the OSCE region have committed themselves to protecting the human rights of all refugees, they also have the responsibility to ensure the security and dignified treatment of all individuals wanting to cross borders, especially the most vulnerable and those at the greatest risk, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said on today’s World Refugee Day...
ODIHR launches two-year EU-funded project on promoting democratization and human rights in Belarus
Publishing date: 19 June 2018