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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Opportunities in conflict resolution offered by OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration focus of seminar discussion
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
The Swedish OSCE Chairpersonship organized a seminar on 1 June 2021 to discuss the opportunities offered by the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in the realm of conflict resolution within the OSCE. The event offered the opportunity to highlight the benefits of the OSCE Court and to describe its mechanisms and procedures. Panel discussions focused on how to overcome the current challenges for the OSCE Court to become fully activated.
Children’s rights need better protection in Ukraine’s criminal justice system, finds OSCE-supported report
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
Multiple interrogations, lack of psychological support, lengthy proceedings, these are just a few of the problems children face in Ukraine’s criminal justice system according to a new OSCE-supported report presented on 1 June 2021.
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 1 June 2021
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week.
Tackling drug trafficking and its links to other forms of organized crime requires co-ordination and co-operation
Publishing date: 1 June 2021
VIENNA, 1 June 2021 — Tackling drug trafficking and its links with other forms of organized crime requires a co-ordinated and co-operative approach, said participants at the opening of this year’s OSCE-wide Conference on Combating the Threat of Illicit Drugs and the Diversion of Chemical Precursors being held online today.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 124/2021 issued on 31 May 2021
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 28 and 30 May, the SMM recorded 97 ceasefire violations, including eleven explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 383 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 28 and 30 May, the Mission
OSCE supports webinar on parallel financial investigations and role of cryptocurrencies during cybercrime investigations
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
An OSCE-supported three-day online training webinar on parallel financial investigations and the role of cryptocurrencies during cybercrime investigations, concluded on 28 May 2021...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro publishes “Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019: An Assessment and Recommendations for Good Governance in Policing”
Publishing date: 31 May 2021
On 19 May 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro published a report on Police Reform in Montenegro 2011-2019: An Assessment and Recommendations for Good Governance in Policing, authored by the independent expert Novak Gajić.