News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA’s human rights chair criticizes Russia’s targeting of Sakharov Center
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
COPENHAGEN, 24 March 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today criticized the continued official targeting of civil society organizations in Russia, exemplified by the fine levied against the Sakharov Center this week...
Responding to foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon in human-rights compliant way focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Human rights compliant responses to the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters were the focus of an expert workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 17 to 19 March 2015 in Warsaw.
OSCE and activists discuss challenges of Roma in South East Europe
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
SARAJEVO, 19 March 2015 – Improving living standards of Roma and ensuring their full access to social, economic and political life throughout South East Europe was in focus at the 10th Regional Meeting of Focal Points on Roma in OSCE Field Operations, held today in Sarajevo...
OSCE/ODIHR trains trainers on protecting human rights in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
Complying with human rights standards and effectively countering terrorism were the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 9 to 12 March in Warsaw.
ODIHR attended Savchenko hearing in Moscow
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
WARSAW, 27 February 2015 – Two representatives from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights attended a court hearing on 25 February related to the case of Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian Air Force pilot and Member of Parliament charged with complicity in the murder of two Russian journalists near Luhansk, Ukraine, in June 2014. At the hearing, the Moscow City Court reaffirmed that Savchenko should remain in pre-trial detention until 13 May 2015...
Azerbaijan: OSCE PA’s Santos decries continuing threats to civil society and journalists, renews request for visits
Publishing date: 26 February 2015
COPENHAGEN, 26 February 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today expressed deep concern about continuing threats to civil society and journalists in Azerbaijan and renewed her request to visit detained rights defenders...
OSCE Secretary General addresses White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
The OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security, which embraces human rights and democracy, economics and environment as well as politico-military security, offers a powerful antidote to violent extremism, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told high-level officials from around the world at the Ministerial Meeting of the White House Countering Violent Extremism Summit in Washington, DC, on 19 February 2015...