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OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 270/2021 issued on 17 November 2021
Publishing date: 17 November 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 299 ceasefire violations, including 57 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 268 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 145 ceasefire violations, including 91 explosions. In the previous reporting
Journalism students use drones with support of OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 17 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
As a part of its continuing co-operation with the University of Montenegro’s Faculty of Political Sciences, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro provided three drones to its Department for Media Studies and Journalism. This was accompanied by a three-day training course for students that took place from 16 to 19 November 2021 in Podgorica.
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina helps improve integrity, independence, and accountability of BiH judiciary
Publishing date: 17 November 2021
A two-day seminar hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on ethics, conflict of interest, and disciplinary practices for judges and prosecutors from across BiH started on 17 November 2021 in Sarajevo. The event aims to help improve the integrity, independence, and accountability of BiH judiciary...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 269/2021 issued on 16 November 2021
Publishing date: 16 November 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 268 ceasefire violations, including 43 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it recorded 479 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 678 ceasefire violations, including 381 explosions. In the previous 24 hours, it
60 countries meet to strengthen efforts to end human trafficking
Publishing date: 16 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
STRASBOURG, 16 November 2021- The largest annual gathering of National Anti-trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs took place this week in Strasbourg. Representatives from 60 countries across the OSCE region discussed how to address current human trafficking-related challenges and implement international commitments, policies and standards set forth by the OSCE and the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
Joint Message of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office’s Personal Representatives on the International Day for Tolerance
Publishing date: 16 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 16 November 2021- In a world shaped by ever-increasing divisions within nations and societies the need for tolerance could not be greater. The problems we face are clearly demonstrated in the most recent 2021 Hate Crime Report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous instances of stereotyping, scapegoating, and stigmatization. It has fueled hate-motivated attacks both online and offline directed at persons in vulnerable situations, at persons belonging to minorities, including ethnic and religious groups and anti-Semitic attacks and hate-crimes against Muslims, Christians and members of other religions, Roma and Sinti, migrants and refugees, and people of Asian descent. They are not only a catastrophe for the victims and a breach of human rights, but they damage the social cohesion of our society at large. Trust and solidarity are lost, and democracy is threatened.
Violence against women endangers the security of our societies and must end, OSCE leaders say
Publishing date: 16 November 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
WARSAW, 16 November 2021 – More decisive action needs to be taken across the OSCE region to work towards eliminating violence against women, who continue to face violence in both public and private, OSCE leaders said on the opening of a two-day conference dedicated to preventing and combating violence against women and girls