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OSCE/ODIHR hosts meeting with civil society and international organizations on human rights situation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Identifying needs and possible strategies to address human rights priorities in Ukraine was the focus of a meeting organized by OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 18 and 19 September 2014. The consultation meeting, with participation of 23 representatives
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 September 2014
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to carry out activities related to the monitoring of non-use of weapons in areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Interlocutors from the Crimean Tatar community informed the SMM that the building of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in Simferopol had been searched by Russian Security Services...
Pressure on Tatar media in Crimea must stop, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 September 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the fate of Avdet, the weekly newspaper of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, following a week of acts of intimidation by the de-facto authorities in Crimea...
48th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On 19 September 2014 the 48th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Toivo Klaar, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship for the South Caucasus...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains customs officers on risk management and auditing
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in joint co-operation with the Customs Service of Latvia on 19 September 2014 completed two weeks of a train-the-trainers programme for customs officers from Kyrgyzstan on risk management and auditing...
OSCE concludes series of seminars on local self-governance reform
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 19 September 2014 – Establishing dynamic, accountable and efficient local governments in rural and small town municipalities that involve the public in decision-making processes was the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar held today in Kokshetau, in the Akmola Region...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports enhancing regulatory legal framework for small arms and light weapons, conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 19 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 19 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Defence of the Kyrgyz Republic today hosted the first roundtable discussion on improving the country’s regulatory legal framework for use of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition...