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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Restrictions imposed by Azerbaijan compel cancellation of parliamentary election observation mission, says ODIHR Director Link
Publishing date: 11 September 2015
WARSAW, 11 September 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), announced today that, due to restrictions imposed by the Azerbaijani authorities, ODIHR has no choice but to cancel its mission to observe the country’s 1 November parliamentary elections...
OSCE organized discussion on access to justice on environmental matters in Yerevan
Publishing date: 11 September 2015
Guarantees of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention related to the access to justice in environmental matters in the context of modern international developments were discussed at the OSCE-supported workshop on 11 September 2015 in Yerevan...
Future law enforcement officers and diplomats learn about human rights in criminal proceedings at OSCE course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 September 2015
ASHGABAT, 11 September 2015 – Forty students of the Interior Ministry’s Institute and the Foreign Ministry’s International Relations Institute discussed international human rights standards at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings and investigations at an OSCE-organized course concluding in Ashgabat tomorrow...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 9 September 2015
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by security considerations*. The SMM recorded a decrease in ceasefire violation numbers both in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared to the previous day. Considerable movement of military equipment to the west of the contact line was observed by the SMM in Donetsk region...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić, Secretary General Zannier and senior officials to speak at OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum devoted to water governance in Prague
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
VIENNA, 10 September 2015 – Serbia’s Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ivica Dačić, will address the concluding meeting of the 23rd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, focused on Water governance in the OSCE area – increasing security and stability through co-operation, on Monday, 14 September 2015 in Prague...
New efforts to protect young people from criminal drug dealing focus of OSCE conference
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
VIENNA, 10 September 2015 – Finding long-term solutions to reduce an ever-increasing demand for illicit drugs amongst young people through improved co-operation and co-ordination between law enforcement agencies and civil society is the goal of an experts meeting at the OSCE today...
Improved exchange of information on victims of human trafficking needed, concludes OSCE-supported working group in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
To improve the efficiency of procedure for granting the status of a victim of trafficking in human beings it is necessary to enhance information exchange between social services and law enforcers, concluded the experts of the working group on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), on 9 September 2015, in Kyiv...