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This 2022 Annual Progress Report highlights OSCE’s progress on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality and key successes achieved in advancing equality and the empowerment of women. The report explores OSCE’s work in this area as well as the support the OSCE executive structures provide to participating States in promoting gender equality.

The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Presentation by the Chairs of the Three Committees: the Security Committee, the Economic and Environmental Committee and the Human Dimension Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1469 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1470 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1471 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1472 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1473 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1474 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova (Moldova, interpretative statement 1; Spain-European Union, interpretative statement 2; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 3; Canada, interpretative statement 4; United States of America, interpretative statement 5; United Kingdom, interpretative statement 6; Switzerland, interpretative statement 7; Norway, interpretative statement 8). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1475 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1476 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1477 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1478 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan. Ongoing crimes by the Kiev regime and dangerous policies of the Western alliance to exacerbate tensions. Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, observed and celebrated on 10 December 2023.

The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2021 and the Report of the External Auditor. Annual Report of the Audit Committee. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1442 on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 and the Report of the External Auditor. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1443 on the Terms of Reference of the OSCE Audit Committee. Ongoing crimes by Ukraine against the civilian population with the support of a Western alliance of OSCE participating States. World Day against Trafficking in Persons observed on 30 July. Forced landing of Ryanair flight FR4978 in Minsk on 23 May 2021. Invocation of the Moscow Mechanism on the threats to the fulfilment of the provisions of the human dimension posed by human rights violations and abuses in the Russian Federation.

Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also Focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions; and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism. Report by the OSCE Representative to the Latvian-Russian Joint Commission on Military Pensioners. Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1273 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1274 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1275 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1276 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1277 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Skopje. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1278 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Presence in Albania. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1279 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1280 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Estonia-European Union, interpretative statement 1; United States of America, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; Turkey, interpretative statement 4; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 5). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1281 on the revision of the 2017 Unified Budget. “5+2” discussions on the Transdniestrian settlement process, held in Vienna on 27 and 28 November 2017. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November 2017. Amendments to the legislation affecting freedom of expression in the Russian Federation. The verdict of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the case of Mr. Jadranko Prlić, Mr. Bruno Stojić, Mr. Slobodan Praljak, Mr. Milivoj Petković, Mr. Valentin Ćorić and Mr. Berislav Pušić. Eighty-fifth anniversary of the Holodomor.

The Commentary on the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (Commentary) is a successful pioneering attempt to bring closer the contents of the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination (LPPD) by analytically deconstructing the scope of its articles, for which the authors have provided support from the relevant equality and non-discrimination literature, practice and case law of domestic and international courts and bodies. The Commentary was developed in the period 2021-2024 as joint effort of five experts from judiciary, academia and legal practitioners. The preparatory work was initiated in 2019, but as the new Law on Prevention and Protection of Discrimination (LPPD) was adopted in October 2020, the work on the new text commenced in 2021. The clear expression of the language and the exceptional level of elaborating the subject-matter make the Commentary potentially useful for different professional backgrounds and different levels of understanding of the subject-matter. One of the qualities of this Commentary is that it not only dwells on the theoretical and practical side of the LPPD, but it also holds a normative component. Namely, the authors have successfully considered the Law’s shortcomings, too, and made proposals for its improvement, thereby using their own critical and analytical quill and other existing literature and data from relevant institutions. As a specific legal publication, the Commentary targets judges, lawyers and other legal professionals working on cases of discrimination as well as independent institutions, such as the Commission for Prevention and Protection from Discrimination and the Ombudsperson Institution, as well as civil society and international organizations active in this area.

1429th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council