News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Impunity for torture committed during armed conflict is not an option, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 23 June 2022
WARSAW, 24 June 2022 – Ensuring accountability is the most effective means of ending the use of torture and ill-treatment committed during armed conflicts, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said ahead of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June.
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan addresses best practices in combating and preventing corruption
Publishing date: 23 June 2022
An OSCE-organized online seminar on best practices in preventing and countering bribery and corruption took place in Ashgabat from 23 to 24 June 2022. The purpose of the event was to present best practices of the OSCE participating States in developing measures to prevent and combat corruption
First-ever digitalized Macedonian-Albanian-Turkish-Serbian Fraza phrasebook launched by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 23 June 2022
Launch of first-ever digitalized quadrilingual Fraza phrasebook in Macedonian-Albanian-Turkish-Serbian in Skopje on 23 June 2022
Legacy of OSCE LIVE: Trained facilitators meet in Vienna to launch Community of Practice on Preventing Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 22 June 2022
To celebrate the multi-annual OSCE Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism (LIVE) initiative, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) hosted a 2-day in-person workshop for facilitators in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe trained under the LIVE initiative in Vienna on 21-22 June.
OSCE and European Union supported opening of Museum of the History of Mailuu-Suu and the Uranium Heritage of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 June 2022
Mailuu-Suu is a small town located in the Jalal-Abad province, Kyrgyzstan, with a population of 22 thousand people. During the Soviet years, the town used to be a regional centre for mining uranium ore – a large industry that came to a halt with the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s. Mailuu-Suu’s industrial past left multiple uranium tailings pits that partially have been rehabilitated and recultivated; yet, there still remain tailings pits that pose threat to the local population’s and ecosystem’s health.
Art students contribute to peacebuilding at the plein-air event “Peace through art on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River”
Publishing date: 21 June 2022
Nineteen art students and two representatives from the teaching staff of the Republican College of Fine Arts “Alexandru Plamadeale” from Chisinau and the Bender Higher Education Art College “Victor Postoikin” took part in a four-day plein-air held in Old Orhei from 14 to 17 June 2022. Over the
OSCE seminar marks a decade of comprehensive efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism
Publishing date: 20 June 2022
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit (TNTD/ATU) marked a decade of efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism on 20 June 2022 in an anniversary Seminar held in Vienna. The seminar, titled In Retrospect: 10 Years of a Comprehensive Approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism- Good Practices and Evolving Challenges in the OSCE area, was an opportunity to take stock of good practices, to identify and discuss evolving and existing challenges in the OSCE area, and to draft a set of recommendations that stakeholders can use moving forward.