News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Slovakia stands ready to help make Albania’s 2020 OSCE Chairmanship a success, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák in Tirana
Publishing date: 3 June 2019
TIRANA, 3 June 2019 – Visiting Albania, which will chair the OSCE in 2020, this year’s OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák, reiterated today in Tirana Slovakia’s commitment to supporting the country in preparing its 2020 OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE supports presentation of expert study on countering hate speech in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2019
An OSCE-supported meeting on the presentation of expert study on freedom of expression and policies to counter incitement of hatred speech took place on 29 May 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE supports conference marking tenth anniversary of Ombudsperson Office in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 23 May 2019
On 21 and 22 May 2019, representatives of national human rights institutes and ombudspersons from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia and Azerbaijan as well as experts from international organizations and civil society gathered to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Ombudsperson Office in Dushanbe.
OSCE presents spot report on implementation of National War Crimes Processing Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its 2018 draft revisions
Publishing date: 6 May 2019
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented a spot report on the implementation of the National War Crimes Processing Strategy and its 2018 draft revisions on 6 May 2019 at the Cantonal Court in Bihac...
OSCE launches series of human rights awareness-raising workshops in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 April 2019
An OSCE-supported workshop on human rights education and awareness-raising among students concluded in Nur-Sultan on 30 April 2019.
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 April 2019
The first in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars for representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms concluded in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Region on 26 April 2019.
Tech tools crucial to improving proactive identification of trafficking victims, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event in Vienna
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
Opportunities and benefits technology provides to governmental institutions, law enforcement agencies, corporations and civil society in identifying victims of human trafficking were the focus of discussion at an event on 9 April 2019 during the 19th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference in Vienna. The panel discussion was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department.