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Presentations on: – Strengthening Export Control Regime of Small Arms and Light Weapons by Maritime Transport to Conflict Areas by Mr. B. Montebello, Director Trade Services, Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business of Malta; – Outcome of the Fifth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action on SALW and the International Tracing Instrument by Mr. T. Göbel, Head of the Arms Control Division, Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Situation in Ukraine (Spain, Annex 1). Financial contribution to the Project for Security Upgrade of Ammunition and Weapons Storage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Germany, Annex 2; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Annex 3). Donors’ visit to assess the MONDEM project in Montenegro, conducted from 4 to 6 June 2014. Issues related to women, peace and security, and to United Nations Security Council resolution 1325.

This paper was prepared by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). It updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2016. It is intended to provide a concise update to highlight changes in the status of the death penalty in OSCE participating States since the previous publication and to promote constructive discussion of the issue. It covers the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

23rd OSCE Ministerial Council will take place on 8 and 9 December 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.

In this report, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides an overview and analysis of critical challenges faced by human rights defenders in the OSCE region, as well as good practices by OSCE participating States in their protection. The report also provides recommendations of how to close identified protection gaps, which should be considered in conjunction with the ODIHR Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Guidelines). In and of themselves, the Guidelines are a comprehensive set of recommendations to States, reflecting international standards. This report assesses implementation of those standards by OSCE participating States in the two-year period following the June 2014 publication of the Guidelines.

Regular Report to the Permanent Council for the period from 18 July 2017 to 9 November 2017.

1163rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Presentation by Albany Associates at the Master Class on Online Media Regulation, Istanbul, 17-19 April 2013.