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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Efforts by international organizations to counter hate crime the focus of OSCE/ODIHR training event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
Increasing co-operation between international organizations and sharing good practices to counter hate crime were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 20 and 21 August 2015.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains teachers on educating about human rights principles
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
More than 60 school teachers were trained on teaching about human rights to children and youth during events organized in Odesa and Kharkiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 11 to 20 August 2015...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-fifth Russian convoy of 51 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
On 20 August 2015 at 06:45hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 51 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 16:43hrs on 20 August...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 19 August 2015
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The number of ceasefire violations observed at and around Donetsk airport decreased. The overall situation in Luhansk remained relatively tense with a similar level of ceasefire violations observed in comparison with the previous day. The SMM observed damage caused by shelling and conducted crater analyses in several locations...
OSCE supports regional workshop on addressing foreign terrorist fighters phenomenon
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 20 August 2015 – A two-day Regional Workshop on the Preventive Obligations and Criminalization of Offences regarding Foreign Terrorist Fighters prescribed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Office supports training courses on environmental rights in Armenia’s Aarhus Centres
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
YEREVAN, 20 August 2015- The OSCE Office in Yerevan, in partnership with the Centre on Economic and Legal Analyses NGO, launched the first in a series of training courses in regional Aarhus Centres today to enhance the capacities of civil society organizations and local authorities on the third “pillar” of the Aarhus Convention – Access to Justice...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 18 August 2015
Publishing date: 19 August 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport and a tense situation east of Mariupol. In the Luhansk region the SMM observed sporadic ceasefire violations and conducted crater analysis in several locations. The SMM observed long lines of civilian vehicles queuing to cross the line of contact in both directions.