News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Azerbaijan in ‘anti-democratic free fall,’ says OSCE PA’s Santos following Yunus verdict
Publishing date: 13 August 2015
COPENHAGEN, 13 August 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband, Arif, to lengthy prison terms and called on authorities to urgently begin respecting their OSCE commitments in the spheres of human rights and civil liberties...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and EUAM join efforts in supporting Ukraine’s police and justice reforms
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
KYIV, 11 August 2015 – Ambassador Vaidotas Verba, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, and Kalman Mizsei, Head of the EU Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), signed a memorandum of co-operation to support Ukraine in the fields of security and justice sector reform...
Civil society from both banks gain essential project-writing skills at OSCE Mission to Moldova workshop
Publishing date: 4 August 2015
Between 31 July and 2 August 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River for a workshop to enhance their project-writing skills when applying for donor funding. The event was held in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the river, and focused both on the technical aspects of writing proposals as well as on identifying common issues on which participants could create equitable and sustainable partnerships...
OSCE supports dialogue efforts to enhance peaceful development of western Donbas, Ukraine
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
KRASNOARMIYSK, eastern Ukraine, 30 July 2015 – Over 170 representatives of central and local authorities, members of parliament, civic activists and experts gathered today in Krasnoarmiysk, eastern Ukraine, to discuss most burning issues of development for the western part of Donbas region, affected by recent hostilities...
Santos condemns treatment of jailed Kazakhstani opposition leader
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
COPENHAGEN, 29 July 2015 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today raised grave concerns over the treatment of jailed Kazakhstani opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov...
OSCE supports working group meeting on social standards for victims of domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the inter-departmental working group aiming at developing social services for victims of domestic violence that was held in Astana on 29 July 2015...
Annual Government-Civil Society Conference on Key Human Rights Issues in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
Implementation of Tajikistan’s OSCE human rights commitments was the focus of a two-day meeting of government, civil society and international community representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe...