News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative calls for more effective action to tackle trafficking for domestic servitude
Publishing date: 28 February 2011
VIENNA, 28 February 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro called for greater awareness of trafficking for the purpose of domestic servitude and more effective action to tackle the crime, during the launch of a new publication focusing on domestic servitude today...
OSCE Centre promotes efforts to integrate disabled women into society
Publishing date: 10 February 2011
ASTANA, 10 February 2011 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a high-level conference on gender equality and integration of women with disabilities into society that started in Astana today...
OSCE Special Representative calls for better protection of trafficking victims' rights in criminal proceedings
Publishing date: 2 February 2011
ROME, 2 February 2011 – Courts should protect trafficked persons' rights and enable them to take an active role throughout criminal proceedings, said Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today in a high-level roundtable meeting organized by the Italian National Judicial Council...
OSCE media representative reiterates call for end to harassment of the media in Belarus, regrets authorities’ failure to facilitate timely visit
Publishing date: 1 February 2011
VIENNA, 1 February 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, called today once again on the Belarusian government to stop harassing independent journalists and media outlets. She also said she regretted that the authorities did not make her proposed visit possible in January...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes adoption of access-to-information law in Ukraine, urges further reform
Publishing date: 16 January 2011
VIENNA, 17 January 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the recent adoption of a comprehensive access-to-information law by the Ukrainian parliament, calling it “a considerable step towards government transparency”...
ODIHR delivers training courses on countering terrorism, protecting human rights
Publishing date: 3 December 2010
As part of its training module for public officials and counter-terrorism practitioners, ODIHR has completed two training courses for law-enforcement officers and police students on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
OSCE Mission to Moldova launches campaign against gender-based violence
Publishing date: 25 November 2010
CHISINAU, 25 November 2010-The OSCE Mission to Moldova today launched a series of awareness-raising activities, including continuing performances of a play, as part of the international 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence...