News and press releases

BERN, 30 June 2014- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, today expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, the outgoing Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), for his work over the last six years...

Evaluating the performance of judges to help improve their skills was the focus of a roundtable event co-organized by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 27 June 2014 in Chisinau.

The OSCE Mission to Skopje trained some 150 custody officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 27 March to 22 June 2014 on the effective application of the new Law on criminal procedure that came into force in December last year...

ASTANA, 19 June 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on enhancing the efficiency of the judicial system in applying international standards on freedom of expression began today in Astana...

Challenges and good practices in protecting the freedom of peaceful assembly were the focus of a roundtable discussion in Washington D.C., organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and hosted by the George Washington University School of Law, on 18 and 19 June 2014.

Judicial independence in Serbia was the main topic of discussion at the OSCE Mission to Serbia conference held in Belgrade on 18 June 2014...

ASTANA, 17 June 2014 – A two-day training seminar for judges on the application of international standards and mechanisms of human rights protection began today in Astana...