News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Methods to comprehensively address hate crime focus of OSCE/ODIHR awareness-raising seminar in Prague
Publishing date: 11 December 2018
Raising awareness about the specific nature of hate crime in the Czech Republic was the purpose of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Czech Republic’s Government Agent for Human Rights in Prague on 11 December 2018. The participants –
Strengthening co-operation between government and civil society to increase security of Jewish communities focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Sofia
Publishing date: 22 November 2018
The security needs of Jewish communities were at the centre of an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Sofia on 22 November 2018. The event, organized in partnership with Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, the “Shalom” Organization of Jews in Bulgaria
On International Day for Tolerance, OSCE/ODIHR Director urges states to renew efforts to counter hate-motivated crime as new hate crime data published
Publishing date: 16 November 2018
WARSAW, 16 November 2018 – As the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released its hate crime data for 2017 today, on the International Day for Tolerance, ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir called on OSCE participating States to strengthen their efforts to counter hate crime...
OSCE/ODIHR toolkit to help states, civil society adopt comprehensive approach against hate crime presented at Vienna event
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
A toolkit developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to assist participating States in adopting a comprehensive approach to countering hate crime was presented to government officials and civil society representatives at a conference organized by ODIHR in
Addressing security needs of Jewish communities in Western Balkans focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Skopje
Publishing date: 13 November 2018
The security needs of Jewish communities were at the centre of discussion at a regional conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Skopje on 12 and 13 November 2018. The conference, organized in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign
OSCE/ODIHR Director condemns deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue, calls on all political leaders to speak out against anti-Semitism and all forms of intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 28 October 2018
WARSAW, 28 October 2018 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today joined United States and international leaders in condemning Saturday’s attack on a Pittsburg synagogue and offering condolences to the families of 11 people killed in the shooting.
Participants discuss good practices for combating intolerance and discrimination, especially regarding religion or belief, at OSCE conference in Rome
Publishing date: 23 October 2018
ROME, 23 October 2018 – Government officials and representatives of civil society and religious communities discussed good practices for addressing racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination, including on the basis of gender, and for countering anti-Semitism and intolerance against Muslims, Christians and members of other religions at an OSCE conference in Rome yesterday...