News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Hate crimes in South-East Europe come with common features and patterns, participants conclude at OSCE conference in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 8 November 2016
SARAJEVO, 8 November 2016 – Eleven authors from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia presented their research papers on hate crimes in South-East Europe to over 70 regional participants that gathered at a conference which concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link expresses grave concern over Turkish President’s statement on reintroducing the death penalty
Publishing date: 2 November 2016
WARSAW, 2 November 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today expressed grave concern over statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that the country’s government would soon introduce a bill to reinstate the death penalty, and that he would sign such a bill into law...
Greater participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life in focus at OSCE/ODIHR conference in Helsinki
Publishing date: 31 October 2016
Ways to ensure equal opportunities for people with disabilities to take part in public life and political affairs were discussed at a conference co-organized in Helsinki on 31 October 2016 by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Finland’s Ministry for Foreign
OSCE/ODIHR expert meeting in Warsaw examines impact of states of conflict or emergency on fair trial rights
Publishing date: 28 October 2016
More than 30 academics, legal professionals and representatives of civil society and international organizations explored the implications of states of conflict or emergency on fair trial rights at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw
OSCE completes seminar series on human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2016
The last in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars for representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 28 October 2016...
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes third Human Rights Club in Tiraspol to discuss civil documents
Publishing date: 24 October 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized its third event in a year-long series of Human Rights Clubs for lawyers from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River in Tiraspol on 21 October 2016. Thirty-eight participants discussed securing civil documents for their clients as well as the rights and responsibilities of document holders...
OSCE/ODIHR trains human rights defenders on how to identify, monitor and report rights violations in safe and secure way
Publishing date: 21 October 2016
Twenty-five human rights defenders from Eastern and Central Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey learned how to identify, monitor and report human rights violations during a five-day training workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) between 17 and 21 October 2016 in Budva, Montenegro. Participants discussed the challenges they face in their day-to-day work and explored strategies to improve the safety and security of their teams and beneficiaries.