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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp concludes first official visit to Moldova

Publishing date: 3 April 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Christophe Kamp visited Moldova, including Gagauzia and Taraclia, from 24 to 28 March 2025. This was Kamp’s first official country visit since assuming office in December 2024, underscoring his commitment to supporting Moldova’s efforts to foster

OSCE Secretary General concludes visits to Sarajevo and Belgrade, underscores commitment to regional stability and partnership

Publishing date: 3 April 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 3 April 2025- OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu concluded his first official visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia yesterday, reaffirming the Organization's strong commitment to supporting both countries and promoting regional stability.

Georgia’s foreign agents legislation raises concerns over negative impact on civil society, OSCE human rights office says

Publishing date: 2 April 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 2 April 2025 – Georgia’s new law ‘On the Foreign Agents Registration Act’, requiring all individuals or organisations considered to act in the interest of a foreign entity to register as foreign agents, due for example to foreign funding, and imposing sanctions for lack of compliance, adds to concerns over other legislation adopted recently and the law’s negative impact on civil society, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said today.

ODIHR opens election observation mission in Albania

Publishing date: 2 April 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 2 April 2025- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 11 May parliamentary elections in Albania, following an official invitation from the national authorities.

OSCE leaders and anti-trafficking experts commit to tripling down on efforts to end child trafficking

Publishing date: 2 April 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 2 April 2025 – At the 25th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons, which concluded in Vienna on Tuesday, OSCE leaders and anti-trafficking experts called on the 57 OSCE participating States to turn their commitments into tangible actions and triple down on efforts in the fight against child trafficking.

Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Discrimination appointed

Publishing date: 1 April 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
HELSINKI, 1 April 2025 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen has appointed Wolfgang Palaver as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Discrimination.

Ensuring a child-centred approach to protect and support child victims of human trafficking focus of ODIHR’s survivor-led event

Publishing date: 1 April 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Youth
The need to prioritize the welfare, wellbeing and empowerment of young survivors of human trafficking was the focus of discussions at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and led by International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) on the margins of the 25th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons.