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Training for crisis response operations is essential part of struggle to prevent human trafficking, OSCE Special Representative says
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, emphasized the positive role that comprehensive training can play in preventing human trafficking in conflict and post-conflict environments during a 19 March 2015 address at Italy’s Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza...
OSCE supports discussion in Astana on countering terrorism
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
ASTANA, 20 March 2015 – Current trends in international terrorism and the prevention of youth involvement into the violent extremism and radicalization were among the topics of an OSCE-supported international roundtable discussion, which took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twentieth Russian convoy of 81 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
Content type: Spot report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SUMMARY On 19 March 2015 at 07:10hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 81 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 16:07hrs on 19 March...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 March 2015
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around Donetsk airport, Horlivka and Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol...
OSCE Kosovo Mission Head visits public service broadcaster, broadcast regulator
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
On 18 and 19 March 2015, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, visited the Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) and the Independent Media Commission (IMC) and met with the representatives of the executive bodies of those two media institutions...
Responding to foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon in human-rights compliant way focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Warsaw
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Human rights compliant responses to the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters were the focus of an expert workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 17 to 19 March 2015 in Warsaw.
OSCE and activists discuss challenges of Roma in South East Europe
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SARAJEVO, 19 March 2015 – Improving living standards of Roma and ensuring their full access to social, economic and political life throughout South East Europe was in focus at the 10th Regional Meeting of Focal Points on Roma in OSCE Field Operations, held today in Sarajevo...