News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports access to higher education for disabled people
Publishing date: 30 April 2014
YEREVAN, 30 April 2014 – Opportunities, problems and challenges of higher education for people with disabilities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today in Yerevan...
OSCE workshops focus on protection of property and housing rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 April 2014
Between 11 and 27 April 2014, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized a series of five awareness-raising workshops on the protection of property and housing rights of non-Albanian communities, particularly land expropriation, illegal occupation and immovable property tax...
OSCE Centre supports seminar on enhancing role of political parties in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 April 2014
SEMEY, Kazakhstan, 16 April 2014 – Promoting the role of political parties in parliamentary activities in Kazakhstan is the main topic of a two-day seminar supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana. The event, which brought together 25 representatives of national political parties and civil society, began today in Semey, eastern region of Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains border officials on protecting human rights in securing borders from terrorism
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
Senior border officials from ten OSCE participating States and two Partners for Co-operation completed today a one-week course in Dushanbe on the protection of human rights when countering terrorism at the borders. The training course, which brought together 22 participants, focused on the need to
Co-ordinated efforts necessary to eradicate the practice of torture, say participants at OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 10 April 2014
VIENNA, 10 April 2014 – Co-ordinated efforts among states, international organizations and civil society are necessary to end the practice of torture, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE meeting in Vienna...
OSCE Mission supports Montenegro’s anti-discrimination efforts
Publishing date: 10 April 2014
Within the scope of strengthening mechanisms supporting Montenegro in the area of human rights and anti-discrimination, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights organized a two–day workshop for 25 misdemeanour judges on 7 April 2014 in Przno...
OSCE Mission calls for enhanced protection of cultural and religious heritage in Kosovo
Publishing date: 9 April 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 9 April 2014- The legal framework on the protection of cultural and religious heritage is generally in line with international human rights standards, however, it fails to clearly define and divide institutional responsibilities in this regard, which adversely affects the protection of a rich and diverse cultural heritage, concludes a report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...