News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps strengthen human rights protection in Armenia’s armed forces
Publishing date: 9 July 2015
JERMUK, VAYOTS DZOR REGION, Armenia, 9 July 2015 – Twenty-five of Armenia’s military police officers took part in a three-day training course on human rights organized by the NGO Protection of Rights without Borders, with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan and in co-operation with Armenia’s Ministry of Defence...
At OSCE PA Annual Session, parliamentarians debate political affairs, economic and environmental issues, human rights concerns
Publishing date: 7 July 2015
HELSINKI, 7 July 2015 – Parliamentary debate on political affairs, economic and environmental issues and human rights concerns is well under way at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Helsinki...
Dialogue, trust and security are watchwords for 2016 Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship, Foreign Minister Steinmeier tells OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 2 July 2015
VIENNA, 2 July 2015 – Germany is ready to take on the responsibility of steering the OSCE against the background of one of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War, with a vision for its 2016 Chairmanship based on dialogue, trust and security, the country’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told the OSCE’s Permanent Council in Vienna today...
OSCE PA Annual Session: Sanctions against MPs, Russia’s actions in Ukraine, foreign terrorist fighters among proposed supplementary resolutions
Publishing date: 30 June 2015
COPENHAGEN, 30 June 2015 – An argument opposing the use of sanctions against parliamentarians, a condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine and a call to action regarding foreign terrorist fighters are among a diverse group of supplementary items proposed for consideration at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session on 5-9 July in Helsinki...
Expressing solidarity with victims, OSCE human rights chief calls on states to bolster efforts to eradicate torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
WARSAW, 26 June 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on today’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, expressed solidarity with all those affected and called on OSCE participating States to bolster their efforts to end the practice of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the region...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains law students on delivering primary legal aid
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
On 22-24 June 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a training event for law students on providing legal aid to those in need. A total of 20 law students from four regions of Moldova – Bălţi, Cahul, Chişinău and Comrat – took part in the training, which was held at Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River...
OSCE marks the international day in support of victims of torture in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 June 2015
International standards, national legal frameworks and good practices on effective investigation of torture cases were discussed at an OSCE-supported conference held on 26 June 2015 in Yerevan in commemoration of the United Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...