News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nadiya Savchenko’s release, stresses need to respect rights of remaining prisoners
Publishing date: 25 May 2016
WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, welcomed the release today of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament, Nadiya Savchenko, who had been held in Russia since 2014...
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on human rights protection mechanisms for some 280 representatives of the government, students and civil society concluded in Aktobe, Kazakhstan on 19 May 2016...
OSCE Mission to Moldova brings together lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River to introduce them to the uses of forensic expertise
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova on 13 May 2016 organized the first in a year-long series of meetings of the Human Rights Club for lawyers from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River. The event, held in Tiraspol, brought together 27 lawyers to discuss the work of forensic experts and the benefits of co-operating with such experts in order to better represent their clients’ needs...
OSCE Presence supports dialogue on Albania’s totalitarian past
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
ELBASAN, Albania, 17 May 2016 – The OSCE Presence in Albania, with support from the German government, yesterday in Elbasan hosted a performance of a play reflecting on Albania’s totalitarian past...
Migration crisis requires a Europe-wide response, OSCE parliamentarians’ visit to Calais confirms
Publishing date: 13 May 2016
CALAIS, 11 May 2016 – The refugee and migrant crisis is impacting all of Europe with implications in humanitarian, economic and security dimensions, and therefore requires a continent-wide, multidimensional response, said parliamentarians at the conclusion of a field visit to Calais today...
Ensuring the rights of the individual in focus at OSCE-supported conference in Astana
Publishing date: 12 May 2016
ASTANA, 12 May 2016 – Current trends and challenges in ensuring the rights of the individual in modern society are the main topics of an OSCE-supported international conference in the framework of annual ”Shaikenov Readings”, which began today in Astana...
OSCE/ODIHR and Spain host panel discussion on freedom of religion or belief, tolerance and inter-religious dialogue
Publishing date: 10 May 2016
Challenges and opportunities that an increasing diversity of religions and beliefs pose for public institutions, religious communities, and societies across the OSCE region were the focus of an event, hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the OSCE on 10 May 2016, in Vienna.