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President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

Publishing date: 17 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019...

It’s time for women to lead in politics, say participants in ODIHR Finland/Poland roundtable

Publishing date: 17 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
Now is the time for women to boost their representation in political leadership positions, said politicians, government officials, diplomats, civil society representatives and activists from Poland and Finland, who gathered in Warsaw on 17 December 2019 to explore ways of increasing women’s

Combating trafficking in human beings focus of OSCE-supported training seminar in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 17 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
A two-day training seminar on combating human trafficking concluded on 13 December 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 297/2019 issued on 16 December 2019

Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 13 and 14 December, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and more in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 14 and 15 December, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations in both Donetsk and

OSCE PA’s Eidsheim highlights developments in the Arctic and opportunities for co-operation

Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ROVANIEMI, Finland, 16 December 2019 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on Arctic Issues, Torill Eidsheim (MP, Norway), delivered today a keynote address to the Sub-Committee on External Relations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), convened in Rovaniemi, Finland, for a meeting on developments in the Arctic region and opportunities for international co-operation...

How to strengthen protection of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks explored at OSCE-wide expert seminar in Vienna

Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 16 December 2019 – More than 120 national experts, representatives from international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society are exploring how to strengthen the resilience of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks through public-private partnerships during a two-day OSCE-wide expert seminar, which opened today in Vienna...

Mainstreaming Gender Perspective into Crime Prevention focus of OSCE-supported events in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality
Roundtable discussions on national and international good practices and challenges in engaging women in activities aimed at preventing violent extremism and other crimes among women took place in Tashkent and Ferghana on 10 and 12 December 2019, respectively. Members of the Senate of Oliy Majlis (parliament), representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, civil society organizations and international experts attended the events.