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OSCE holds regional workshop on social re-use of confiscated assets in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 8 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
The OSCE, together with Libera, an Italian civil society organization working on social re-use of confiscated property, organized a two-day online workshop on social re-use of confiscated assets on 8 and 9 June 2021...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 130/2021 issued on 7 June 2021
Publishing date: 7 June 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 4 and 6 June, the SMM recorded 72 ceasefire violations, including 41 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 83 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 4 and 6 June, the Mission recorded 76
Multilingualism, digital approaches and girls’ education in focus at event to mark 25 years of The Hague Recommendations
Publishing date: 7 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 7 June 2021 — Different approaches to support the integration of diverse societies through multilingual and multicultural education were in focus at an online conference held today to mark the 25th anniversary of The Hague Recommendations regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities
Portugal presidential election 2021: OSCE/ ODIHR election expert team final report
Publishing date: 7 June 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The presidential election held in Portugal on 24 January 2021 was organized efficiently despite challenges and new provisions introduced amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but areas such as campaign financing and media regulations would benefit from further revision. These are some of the main conclusions
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 129/2021 issued on 5 June 2021
Publishing date: 5 June 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 83 ceasefire violations, including 16 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 79 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 141 ceasefire violations, including nine explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 128/2021 issued on 4 June 2021
Publishing date: 4 June 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 79 ceasefire violations, including four explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded three ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded no ceasefire violations. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 357
Televised “confessions” further example of widespread rights violations in Belarus, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 4 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 4 June 2021 — The televised “confessions” of independent journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega, his partner, raise further concerns regarding the Belarus authorities’ failure to meet obligations to respect the right to a fair trial and the absolute prohibition of torture in the wave of arrests since last August’s presidential election, says the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).