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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) signed a co-operation agreement on 19 September 2017, on the margins of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. “National human rights institutions (NHRIs), including

The SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region compared with the previous 24 hours. The Mission followed up on reports of a civilian casualty from Dmytrivka. It continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske and recorded ceasefires violation near the Zolote and Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement areas. Its access remained restricted in all three areas and elsewhere, including near Mykolaivka.* It facilitated and monitored repairs and maintenance of essential infrastructure near Shchastia, Zolote and Slovianoserbsk. The Mission continued to monitor the situation of schools near the contact line. The SMM visited two border areas not under government control. The Mission followed up on reports that a member of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Kharkiv had been attacked. It monitored the closing session of a trial in relation to events in Odessa on 2 May 2014 and continued to follow up on reports of a fire at a children’s camp in Odessa...

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) presented a draft preview of their upcoming guidance document on revised international standards for the treatment of prisoners, known as the “Nelson Mandela Rules”, at an event in Warsaw on 19

The eighth annual OSCE-supported Central Asian Leadership Programme (CALP) on Environment for Sustainable Development concluded on 19 September 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

VIENNA, 19 September 2017- A holistic and well-co-ordinated approach to security sector governance and reform is fundamental to dealing successfully with today’s security challenges, said participants at the OSCE-wide Conference on Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R), held at the Hofburg in Vienna, organized by the 2017 Austrian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre...

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a one-day command-staff exercise “Issyk-Kul Anti-terror- 2017”, on 16 September 2017, conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Centre of the State Committee on the National Security of Kyrgyzstan, in co-operation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, the Interior Ministry, the Emergency Situations Ministry and local self-government bodies....

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro supported the Parliament of Montenegro in organizing the first in a series of three workshops for the parliamentary services on 14 and 15 September 2017 in Podgorica...