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Strengthening regional co-operation to prevent torture and ill-treatment in police custody focus of OSCE/ODIHR event in Strasbourg

Publishing date: 5 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The protection of people in police custody from torture and other ill-treatment, and ensuring safeguards such as access to a lawyer and effective legal representation during criminal investigations, were the focus of a regional meeting of representatives of national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) and human rights defenders active in the fight against torture, which took place in Strasbourg on 5 November 2019.

OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes release of journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak in Turkey

Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s court decision in Turkey to release the journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 261/2019 issued on 4 November 2019

Publishing date: 4 November 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 1 and 2 November, the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and a similar number of ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. Between the evenings of 2 and 3 November, the Mission recorded more ceasefire

OSCE Mission assists Moldova with designing new school course on the Holocaust in the local context

Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
OSCE supported a workshop on the use of a methodological guide for an optional high school course “Holocaust: the History and Lessons of Life”. Over 30 history and civil education teachers attended the training course on 31 October and 1 November 2019 in Chisinau.

Press Statement by Special Representative Sajdik with regard to the completion of the withdrawal of forces and hardware in Zolote

Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 4 November 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, made today the following statement to the press...

25th Staff Course concludes at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded its 25th Border Management Staff Course in Dushanbe on 1 November 2019...

OSCE builds capacity of Central Asian border officials on analytical research and information sharing to boost border security in the region

Publishing date: 4 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
Border officials from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan completed a one-week workshop on analytical research and information sharing practices on 25 October 2019 in Dushanbe. The training provided the 15 participants with skills for efficient analysis of risks and threats, and tools for information sharing between border protection agencies to better prevent border incidents in the region. The training was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.