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OSCE-supported study visit of Armenian police to Sweden focuses on dialogue policing
Publishing date: 10 December 2021
Five representatives from the Republic of Armenia’s police and Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Justice Kristin Grigoryan participated in a two-and-a-half day study visit, organized by the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit and hosted by the Swedish Police Authority, Police Region Stockholm.
Joint Message of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Personal Representatives focusing on tolerance and non-discrimination, on Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2021
WASHINGTON/ANKARA/VIENNA,10 DECEMBER 2021- As we mark International Human Rights Day, much of the world is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. A new variant and increased cases have led many OSCE participating States to reimpose restrictions reminiscent of the conditions under which we commemorated this important anniversary a year ago. The pandemic has exacerbated our task of preserving and defending human rights around the world. It has further widened the political and partisan divides and fueled conspiracy theories that target minorities and persons in vulnerable situations. Some nations, while citing the necessity of measures to control the spread of the virus, have used it as a pretext for disproportionate security responses and repressive measures that undermine human rights, including the freedom of religion or belief.
Now is the time to remember the universality of human rights, says OSCE human rights head
Publishing date: 10 December 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 December 2021 – As the world continues to struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic and the rising polarization and intolerance that has accompanied it, today’s Human Rights Day reminds us that that all countries across the OSCE have recognized that human rights are the birthright of all human beings, are inalienable, and are guaranteed by law, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the extraordinary Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 9 December 2021
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 9 December 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the extraordinary meeting of the TCG held through video conferencing:
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 289/2021 issued on 9 December 2021
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 815 ceasefire violations, including 146 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 145 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 32 ceasefire violations, including ten explosions. In the previous reporting
OSCE SMM Spot Report 39/2021: Armed formations delayed the SMM’s passage across the contact line near Olenivka, Donetsk region
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
At 08:12 on 9 December, at a checkpoint near Olenivka (non-government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk), Donetsk region, a member of the armed formations delayed the passage of an SMM patrol with Deputy Chief Monitor Mark Etherington on board...
OSCE SMM Spot Report 38/2021: Armed formations denied the SMM’s passage near Zolote and Molodizhne, Luhansk region
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Spot report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
On the morning of 9 December, the armed formations in Luhansk region denied the SMM passage to non-government-controlled areas twice. The SMM patrols were travelling from government-controlled areas...