News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Sweden appoints its members of OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration for a new mandate of six years
Publishing date: 25 October 2021
The Government of Sweden has renewed the mandates of or, alternatively, appointed new members to the Court for a mandate of six years starting in October 2021.
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.
OSCE Court’s President and Vice-President address CAHDI 60th Meeting
Publishing date: 29 March 2021
On 24 March 2021, Emmanuel Decaux, President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration and Erkki Kourula, Vice-President, addressed the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the Council of Europe (CAHDI) at its 60th meeting.
Lithuania appoints its members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 16 March 2021
On 2 March 2021, the government of Lithuania appointed its conciliators, the arbitrator and his alternate for a new mandate of six years, in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration releases its Annual Report 2020
Publishing date: 12 March 2021
The OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, based in Geneva, has published its annual report for the year 2020. The report gives an account of the activities undertaken throughout the year...
New members of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration appointed by Austria, Belarus and Portugal
Publishing date: 20 January 2021
Austria, Belarus and Portugal have renewed the mandates or, alternatively, appointed new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Court for new terms of six years after the previous mandates of their members expired.
Book launch and panel discussion organized by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE highlights conciliation as flexible method for settling disputes
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Conciliation as a flexible method for the peaceful settlement of disputes was the focus of a webinar held on 13 November 2020, and the launch of the book, Flexibility in International Dispute Settlement – Conciliation Revisited, which was edited by Christian Tomuschat (former President of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE and Member of the Court’s current Bureau) and Marcelo Kohen (Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva)...