News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Internet intermediaries and their impact on freedom of expression focus of OSCE-Council of Europe conference
Publishing date: 13 October 2017
VIENNA, 13 October 2017 – The increasing demands and expectations on internet intermediaries “to do more” about illegal content and activity online, and the impact of this on human rights and fundamental freedoms such as the freedom of expression, were the focus of a joint OSCE-Council of Europe conference on internet freedom in Vienna today...
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 October 2017
GENEVA, Switzerland, 11 October 2017- The forty-first round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded...
Participants at OSCE meeting in Warsaw stress need to ensure safety and human rights of children in situations of risk, and to address new challenges
Publishing date: 11 October 2017
WARSAW, 11 October 2017 – Focused action and co-operation, including among governments and civil society, are vital to effectively ensuring the safety and human rights of children, and particularly children in situations of risk, participants said at the opening of the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar today in Warsaw...
Press Statement of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group on 4 October 2017
Publishing date: 5 October 2017
MINSK, 5 October 2017 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 4 October 2017:
The 81st Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 3 October 2017
On 3 October 2017, the 81st Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting was held in Ergneti. Ambassador Guenther Baechler, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus, and Erik Hoeeg, Acting Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), co-facilitated the meeting.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Secretary General Greminger Concerned about Latest Developments in Spain
Publishing date: 2 October 2017
VIENNA, 2 October 2017- The Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger today expressed concern about recent developments in Spain...
OSCE can do more to fight violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and Special Representative Neumann say
Publishing date: 29 September 2017
VIENNA, 29 September 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and his Special Representative Professor Peter Neumann addressed a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council today in Vienna to present an expert report on the OSCE’s activities to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism...