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Statement of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 22 February 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 22 February 2022 – In light of the recent deterioration of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro, today made the following statement.
Safeguarding human rights must be a priority, OSCE human rights office says
Publishing date: 22 February 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 22 February 2022 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expresses profound concern at the events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine, and emphasises the need to uphold and safeguard the human rights of all.
OSCE Mission to Serbia and EU Delegation mark European Day for Victims of Crime by contributing to Serbia’s better treatment of victims
Publishing date: 22 February 2022
BELGRADE, 22 February 2022 – On the occasion of the European Day for Victims of Crime marked today, an expert panel discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia noted a positive trend in improving the support to victims and protecting their rights by Serbia’s judiciary and the police.
Joint statement by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Rau, Secretary General Schmid, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Cederfelt and Secretary General Montella on Russia’s recognition of certain areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as independent
Publishing date: 21 February 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
WARSAW/VIENNA, 21 February 2022 – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Foreign Minister of Poland, Zbigniew Rau, OSCE Secretary General Schmid, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt (MP, Sweden) and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Roberto Montella strongly condemned the decision by Russia to recognize certain areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as independent and made the following statement:
Journalists need to be able to write about matters of public interest, without fear of prosecution
Publishing date: 21 February 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 21 February 2022 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro expressed concerns in reaction to the recently revealed Suisse Secrets, a project published by a consortium of investigative journalists from across the globe.
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the proposed Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 19 February 2022
Publishing date: 19 February 2022
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 19 February 2022 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the proposed meeting of the TCG:
Statement from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 February 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 18 February- In recent days, the OSCE Special Monitoring to Ukraine (SMM) has observed a dramatic increase in kinetic activity along the contact line in eastern Ukraine, equal to the numbers of ceasefire violations reported before the July 2020 agreement on the Measures to strengthen the ceasefire took effect.