News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes free access to Government-held information in Armenia
Publishing date: 5 April 2016
A two-day training course, the first in a series of three, entitled “Promoting Free Access to Government-Held Information”, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan jointly with the Armenian Justice Ministry, was launched on 5 April 2016 in the capital...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly marks 25 years of dialogue
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
COPENHAGEN, 1 April 2016 – On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) congratulated the thousands of parliamentarians involved in the OSCE PA for their immense contributions to the OSCE process and people since 1991...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan, ODIHR conclude process of preparing gender action plans for political parties
Publishing date: 30 March 2016
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan in co-operation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 29 March 2016 in Dushanbe organized a roundtable discussion with women politicians from all seven of the country’s registered political parties on the importance and relevance of gender action plans and gender budgeting...
ODIHR and OSCE Office in Yerevan co-organize training on rights of migrants
Publishing date: 24 March 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) in co-operation with the OSCE Office in Yerevan held a training course on the rights of migrants on 24-26 March 2016 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. The overall aim of this training was to support national authorities of OSCE participating States in ensuring that their national migration management practices comply with relevant international legal obligations and OSCE commitments, aiming to respect and protect the human rights of migrants...
OSCE/ODIHR's regional expert workshop discusses good practices in migrant integration
Publishing date: 18 March 2016
Civic orientation and language support programmes in migrant integration were the focus of the regional expert workshop “Good Practices in Integration of Migrants in line with OSCE Commitments and International Legal Standards” held in Riga on 17 and 18 March 2016.
Migration and security in focus, as OSCE PA Chairperson Santos, Secretary General Montella address Rome panels
Publishing date: 4 March 2016
ROME, 4 March 2016 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), and OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella addressed high-level panels in Rome this week on the crisis of migrants and refugees and the international community’s response...
OSCE Mission to Serbia commends contribution of civil society organizations to democratic processes
Publishing date: 4 March 2016
BELGRADE, 4 March 2016 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard and the Deputy Head of Mission, Michael Uyehara visited the House of Human Rights (HHR) in Belgrade today, and met representatives of the Civic Initiatives and the Policy Centre, two of the five civil society organizations based at the House...