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OSCE-supported summer schools help Ukrainian judges improve knowledge of international mechanisms to protect human rights
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
More than 60 judges of local and administrative courts, and legal professionals from across the country attended two summer schools held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine during July and August 2014 on applying the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and case-law of the European Court (ECtHR) to uphold the rule of law and strengthening the protection of human rights...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 27 August 2014
Publishing date: 28 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The intensity of the fighting increased in areas closer to Donetsk city centre, resulting in damage to the infrastructure, and fatalities among the civilian population. In Lviv a group of protesters tried to force its way into the building of the regional traffic police...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, 20 August until 08:00, 27 August 2014
Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 27 August 2014- The Observer Mission (OM) has completed the replacement of its administrative staff members. Cross-border traffic flow increased at both Border Crossing Points with more people exiting from the Russian Federation into Ukraine in the past two days. The OM received reports from people fleeing the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The most prominent occurrence was the passage of 227 vehicles belonging to a Russian convoy to Ukraine and its return to the Russian Federation through Donetsk Border Crossing Point, which attracted considerable media attention...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 August 2014
Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM visited areas in the Luhansk region affected by the armed conflict. In Donetsk the SMM gathered information about incidents against priests from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 25 August 2014
Publishing date: 26 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
In Donetsk the SMM continues to observe the impact of the conflict on the civilian population and infrastructure...
OSCE core principles must be safeguarded in Ukraine, says Secretary General
Publishing date: 26 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ALPBACH, Austria, 26 August 2014- Separatism and changes in borders must be firmly rejected and the core OSCE principles followed during the crisis in Ukraine, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier told the European Forum Alpbach this weekend...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 24 August 2014
Publishing date: 25 August 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Celebrations for Independence Day were held across the country on 24 August. In Luhansk and Donetsk fighting continues to impact on the civilian population. In Donetsk the SMM observed a group of captive men being paraded on the main square...