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Marking one year since Turkey’s state of emergency, OSCE PA human rights committee leaders urge respect for rule of law
Publishing date: 20 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2017 – The three officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions – Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Vice-Chair Ivana Dobesova (Czech Republic) and Rapporteur Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni (Cyprus) – today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of Turkey’s state of emergency...
In visit to Uzbekistan, OSCE PA President Muttonen discusses ongoing reforms, promotes closer co-operation
Publishing date: 10 May 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 10 May 2017 – OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen concludes today a three-day visit to Uzbekistan, during which she has discussed the country’s ongoing reforms and potential areas for co-operation with the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly...
Governments should utilize OSCE’s full toolbox, says PA President Muttonen at informal ministerial meeting in Potsdam
Publishing date: 1 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
POTSDAM, 1 September 2016 – Speaking today at an informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Potsdam, Germany, Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) urged intensified efforts at diplomacy and confidence-building, stressing that governments should make full use of the OSCE’s instruments to address common challenges...
ODIHR Director Link and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Kanerva express concerns over vote by Turkish parliament to strip certain deputies of immunity
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Rule of law
WARSAW/COPENHAGEN, 24 May 2016 – In a joint statement, Ilkka Kanerva, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, expressed concern today over a constitutional amendment passed by the Turkish parliament stripping certain members of their immunity from prosecution...
OSCE PA’s Santos welcomes release of Azerbaijan’s Leyla Yunus
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
COPENHAGEN, 9 December 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today welcomed the release from prison of Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus on humanitarian grounds., 9 December 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today welcomed the release from prison of Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus on humanitarian grounds...
Time to tackle the OSCE’s lack of legal status, say participants at Helsinki +40 seminar
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE’s lack of a clear, international legal status and the challenges that result for its personnel, particularly during crisis situations, was the topic of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s latest Helsinki +40 seminar, held on 27 April in Copenhagen...
OSCE PA human rights Chair stresses need for equal justice in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
COPENHAGEN, 18 August 2014 – In a phone call today with Victor Dolidze, the Acting Head of the Georgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Chair of the Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos, underlined the importance of prosecutors adhering to principles of political neutrality, independence and the rule of law...