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This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 14 October 2019.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Address by the Head of the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine, Mr. Francesco Bastagli. Presentations by the Chairperson of the Security Committee; the Chairperson of the Economic and Environmental Committee; and the Chairperson of the Human Dimension Committee. Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11 October 2014. Freedom of expression in the OSCE area. The denial of entry to Estonia of Mr. V. Tishkov of the Russian Ethnology and Anthropology Institute. Kyrgyzstan’s draft “LGBT Propaganda” law. Statement on the Russian NGO Memorial Society. Report on the Herberts Cukurs play in Latvia. General elections in Sweden, held on 14 September 2014. Police brutality in the United States of America. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 30 September 2019.

The scope of this Note deals exclusively with the issue of parliamentary inquiries into the work of the judiciary with a view to identifying relevant international standards and OSCE human dimension commitments.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 16 September 2019.

Address by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman. Address by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Mr. Ivan Šimonović. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1132 on the agenda for the 2014 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (Italy-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 2; Ukraine, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4). Concerns regarding the increasing threat to the OSCE area posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Abduction of a police officer, Mr. E. Kohver, from Estonia by Russian security services. Postponement of a meeting in the “5+2” negotiation format on the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict, originally scheduled to be held in Vienna on 11 and 12 September 2014. Reinforcement of the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

The Note raises key issues and provides indications of areas that often cause concern. The Note also highlights, as appropriate, good practices from other OSCE participating States.

This report presents a general overview of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), its main activities and latest news as of 26 August 2019.