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Efforts by prosecutors and law enforcement to address hate crime in Armenia: ODIHR seminar

Publishing date: 25 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
On 25 May 2021, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized an online awareness-raising seminar on improving the ability to recognize, investigate and prosecute hate crimes, involving criminal justice authorities and civil society in Armenia. The event launched

ODIHR opens special election assessment mission in Mongolia

Publishing date: 25 May 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ULAANBAATAR, 25 May 2021 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a special election assessment mission (SEAM) for the 9 June presidential election in Mongolia, following an official invitation from the national authorities...

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 118/2021 issued on 24 May 2021

Publishing date: 24 May 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 21 and 23 May, the SMM recorded 601 ceasefire violations, including 323 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 197 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 21 and 23 May, the Mission recorded

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls on Belarus to immediately release journalist Pratasevich

Publishing date: 23 May 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STOCKHOLM, 23 May 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde condemned the circumstances of the arrest of journalist Raman Pratasevich in Minsk on 23 May 2021.

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 117/2021 issued on 22 May 2021

Publishing date: 22 May 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 197 ceasefire violations, including 128 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 815 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 337 ceasefire violations, including 308 explosions. In the previous reporting

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 116/2021 issued on 21 May 2021

Publishing date: 21 May 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 815 ceasefire violations, including 13 explosions. 774 of these ceasefire violations were assessed as a live-fire exercise near non-government-controlled Sofiivka (formerly Karlo-Marksove). In the previous reporting period, it recorded 118 ceasefire

Second online Training on the Identification of Imposters at Border Crossing Points

Publishing date: 21 May 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Learning how to identify and stop imposters at a border crossing was the focus of an online OSCE training course held on 19 and 20 May 2021. Over 200 participants from 29 OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation took part in the course. They comprised members of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points (NFP) Network and selected representatives of border and customs services.