News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports seminar in Kazakhstan on social, economic and cultural rights
Publishing date: 19 November 2014
An OSCE-supported training seminar focusing on international standards for economic, social and cultural rights and their implementation in national policies began on 19 October 2014 in Aktobe, western Kazakhstan...
Statement by OSCE PA human rights chair on the five-year anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnitsky
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
COPENHAGEN, 14 November 2014 – On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the death of Sergei Magnistky, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), has called for an end to impunity in Russia and greater attention to the persistent link between corruption and human rights transgressions across the OSCE area...
OSCE/ODIHR hate crime data for 2013 now available
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
WARSAW, 14 November – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today released its data for 2013 on its Hate Crime Reporting website. The release was timed ahead of the International Day for Tolerance on Sunday, 16 November...
OSCE course discusses international law standards in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2014
ASHGABAT, 14 November 2014 – International law standards and their implementation were discussed at an OSCE-organized training course for state officials that concluded in Ashgabat today...
Anti-Semitism remains a challenge to security in the OSCE region, say participants at high-level OSCE conference in Berlin
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
BERLIN, 13 November 2014 – Political leaders, governmental officials and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region gathered in Berlin today for a conference to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the OSCE’s Berlin Declaration on Anti-Semitism and to discuss challenges posed by contemporary anti-Semitism...
OSCE forum participants call for stronger protection of property and housing rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 November 2014 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized today a forum on housing and property rights for the representatives of various communities living in Kosovo, relevant ministries, Office of the Prime Minister, judiciary, police and Kosovo Property Agency...
OSCE promotes international exchange of best practices for preventing torture in detention facilities
Publishing date: 13 November 2014
LVIV, 13 November 2014- The Fifth East European Conference on National Preventive Mechanisms, co-hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, the country’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the Kharkiv Institute for Social Researches, started in Lviv today...