News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses gratitude to outgoing ODIHR Director Lenarčič
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...
ODIHR trains lawyers and civil society representatives from South Caucasus on trial-monitoring techniques
Publishing date: 26 November 2013
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with lawyers and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia at a training workshop in Vilnius on 25 and 26 November 2013, organized in co-operation with the Belarusian Human Rights House...
Ahead of International Day of Democracy, OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for protection of human rights defenders
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
WARSAW, 13 September 2013 – Ahead of Sunday’s International Day of Democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on participating States to ensure the protection of human rights defenders...
OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR holds annual trial monitoring meeting with OSCE field operations and NGOs in Istanbul
Publishing date: 10 September 2012
Representatives from OSCE field missions and NGOs shared experiences and exchanged good practices at the annual trial monitoring meeting held by ODIHR in Istanbul on 10 September 2012...
OSCE human rights chief dismayed at continued practice of detention without trial at Guantánamo
Publishing date: 10 January 2012
WARSAW, 10 January 2012 – On the eve of tomorrow’s tenth anniversary of the transfer of the first detainees to the United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed dismay today at the continued practice of indefinite detention without charge or trial of terrorism suspects...
Civil society recommends OSCE’s greater engagement with Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 5 December 2011
Civil society in the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States could benefit from greater OSCE engagement in strengthening capacity at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa, participants said at the end of a two-day conference in Vilnius on 5 December 2011...