News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE in Uzbekistan educates police teachers in human rights standards
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
TASHKENT, 4 September 2013 – A three-day course for police instructors on international human rights standards started today in Tashkent, which is being held with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...
OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
Publishing date: 2 August 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro Head condemns violent disruption of pride parade in Budva as threat to freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 24 July 2013
PODGORICA, 24 July 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro Ljubomir Kopaj said today’s attacks on participants of the pride parade in Budva represent a threat to the freedom of peaceful assembly...
OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
VIENNA, 11 July 2013 – Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna...
ODIHR meeting examines good practices and challenges in regulating NGO access to foreign funding
Publishing date: 11 July 2013
The importance of fundraising – and access to sources of foreign funding, in particular – to allowing NGOs to freely conduct their activities was highlighted in a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 11 July 2013...
Civil society, government representatives in Tajikistan review OSCE human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 3 July 2013
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2013 – Implementation of Tajikistan’s OSCE human rights commitments was the topic of a two-day meeting of government and civil society representatives that concluded today in Dushanbe...
Policing of assemblies should be guided by respect for human rights, say participants of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 2 July 2013
The importance of policing assemblies in line with human rights standards and OSCE commitments was highlighted at a meeting of more than 30 police officers and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region, in Vienna on 1 and 2 July 2013...