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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 18/2021 issued on 25 January 2021
Publishing date: 25 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Between the evenings of 22 and 24 January, the SMM recorded 364 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. The majority of these ceasefire violations were bursts and shots of small-arms, heavy-machine-gun and 30mm cannon fire recorded on the morning of 23 January close to the disengagement
OSCE Mission to BiH calls upon all levels of government to develop sustainable and human rights-compliant solutions to growing migration and humanitarian crisis
Publishing date: 25 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 25 January 2021- In light of the dire situation facing migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) calls upon authorities at all levels of government to develop and agree upon sustainable and human rights-compliant solutions to the growing humanitarian crisis.
OSCE human rights office launches survivors’ advisory council to strengthen fight against trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 25 January 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking
WARSAW, 25 January 2020 – Recognizing the vital importance of reflecting the experience and knowledge of survivors in all endeavours to combat human trafficking, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has launched the International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) to assist countries across the OSCE region increase and improve their anti-trafficking efforts...
OSCE holds workshop series for criminal justice specialists dealing with asset recovery in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 25 January 2021
The OSCE, in close co-operation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors of North Macedonia, concluded on 22 January 2021, a three-day online training course on international co-operation and mutual legal assistance in asset recovery for fourteen public prosecutors and judges...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 17/2021 issued on 23 January 2021
Publishing date: 23 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The Mission recorded 45 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 39 ceasefire violations in the region. The SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it also recorded no ceasefire violations in the
OSCE Mission to Montenegro congratulates journalists on country’s Day of Journalists
Publishing date: 23 January 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, congratulated the journalists in the country the Day of Journalists, 23 January, which marks the publication of the first printed newspaper in Cetinje in 1871...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 16/2021 issued on 22 January 2021
Publishing date: 22 January 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded 39 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded seven ceasefire violations in the region. The Mission recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region, as in the previous reporting period. The SMM continued monitoring the