News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR event participants call for greater efforts to ensure security for Roma community in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
Ensuring security for the Roma community in Ukraine was the focus of discussions at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 September 2017, during the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
Good practices in promoting Roma and Sinti youth participation presented at ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 18 September 2017
Experiences and good practices in supporting the participation of Roma and Sinti youth in the OSCE region were the main topic of a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 18 September 2017, during the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw.
ODIHR Director Gísladóttir praises efforts to promote awareness and recognition of Roma and Sinti genocide in WWII, stresses more can be done
Publishing date: 2 August 2017
Collections: Roma and Sinti genocide
WARSAW, 2 August 2017- Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), praised efforts by countries in the OSCE region to promote greater awareness and recognition of the genocide against the Roma and Sinti people during the Second World War, including increased attention to educating youth about this horrible crime at the hands of the Nazi regime...
Ensuring access to birth registration, internal passports for Roma in Ukraine key to improving their lives, say participants in OSCE/ODIHR roundtable discussion
Publishing date: 31 May 2017
Defining concrete steps to ensure access to identity documents for vulnerable Roma in Ukraine was the focus of a roundtable event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the State Migration Service of Ukraine, on 30 and 31 May 2017 in Odesa.
Condemning murder of three Roma sisters in Rome, ODIHR Director Link stresses need for investigation of, robust reaction to possible racist motivation
Publishing date: 11 May 2017
WARSAW, 11 May 2017 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the murders of three Roma sisters, ages four, eight and 20, who died in a fire after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at their camper van on the outskirts of Rome early Wednesday morning...
OSCE Mission facilitates discussion on local action plans for inclusion of Roma and Egyptian communities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 April 2017
The importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to the prevention of early forced marriages was the main topic discussed at a workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 18 April 2017 in Podgorica...
On International Roma Day, OSCE Mission to Serbia reaffirms its committment to greater social inclusion and tolerance
Publishing date: 7 April 2017
On the occasion of International Roma Day, 8 April 2017, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Andrea Orizio today reaffirmed the Mission’s strong commitment to the greater social inclusion of Roma and other minorities, and their equality and non-discrimination in Serbia...