News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 17 December 2019
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019...
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration publishes activity report for 2017–2019
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, based in Geneva, published its activity report for the period 2017–2019 on 26 November 2019, following the completion of the mandate of the outgoing Bureau of the Court, headed by Professor Christian Tomuschat, last month...
Outgoing President of OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Christian Tomuschat hands over duties to successor Emmanuel Decaux
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
The new Bureau of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE met in Vienna on 6 November 2019, for the handover of current affairs by the outgoing President, Christian Tomuschat to his successor, Emmanuel Decaux...
Emmanuel Decaux elected President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 22 October 2019
Emmanuel Decaux of France has been elected as new President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on 14 October 2019 after members of the Court, appointed by the States parties to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, were invited to elect a new Bureau of the Court for a mandate of six years. Decaux succeeds Christian Tomuschat of Germany who served in the position from 2013 to 2019...
Albania, Finland and Poland appoint members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 12 June 2019
Albania, Finland and Poland 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. The appointments of the conciliators, the arbitrators and their alternates were made in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, which was signed in 1992 in Stockholm...
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg appoint members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 7 May 2019
Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in their capacity as States parties to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE (Stockholm Convention), have appointed conciliators, arbitrators and alternates for new mandates of six years to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration...
Effectiveness through flexible procedures: International conciliation in focus at colloquium organized by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within OSCE
Publishing date: 29 October 2018
Conciliation in international law as a means to peacefully resolve disputes between states was the focus of a colloquium held on 11 and 12 October 2018 in Geneva by the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE in co-operation with the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies...