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Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region: Baseline Study and Practical Guidance
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Eliminating incentives for torture in the OSCE region ODIHR and Fair Trials joint publication on eliminating incentives for torture in the 57 participating states of the OSCE. Across the OSCE region, the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment or punishment continues to be a
Statement by the Finnish EU Presidency in response to the report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu
Publishing date: 5 September 2019
Collections: 1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
The Functioning of Courts in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Primer
Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report seeks to provide guidance to address challenges for the functioning of courts during pandemic related states of emergency, curfews and lockdowns.
Summary Report
Publishing date: 19 November 2020
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Security Days: Revitalizing Trust and Co-operation in Europe: Lessons of the Paris Charter, Prague, 16 October 2020.
Montenegro, Parliamentary Elections, 30 August 2020: Final Report
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Cross Border Mobility in the OSCE Region
Publishing date: 18 December 2020
Collections: Archive of migration-related resources
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Visa regimes are not designed to disincentivize the entry of foreign nationals, but to enable states to assess the possible risks of allowing foreign citizens in, before their arrival at the border. By examining visa and visa-free regulations, states are better able to identify the levels at which cross-border mobility is facilitated in the OSCE region and ways in which OSCE participating States have liberalized visa regimes- bilaterally or multilaterally.
Statement by the Bulgarian EU Presidency in response to the report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu
Publishing date: 15 February 2018
Collections: 1176th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1176th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Journal of the 1197th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 October 2018
Collections: 1197th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Gender equality, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, H.E. Mr. George Tsereteli. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu (Belgium, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Spain, Annex 2). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. European and World Day against the Death Penalty, celebrated on 10 October 2018. Participation of the Secretary General in the 28th meeting of the Council of Europe–OSCE Co-ordination Group, held on 5 October 2018. International Day of the Girl Child, celebrated on 11 October 2018. General election in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 7 October 2018 (Croatia, Annex 3). OSCE bicycle tour from Vienna to Bratislava, held on 6 October 2018 (Kazakhstan, Annex 4). Murder of journalist Ms. V. Marinova in Bulgaria.
Statement by Mr. Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Publishing date: 23 June 2020
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Biographies of speakers
Publishing date: 12 September 2020
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Biographies of speakers of the 7th Annual South East Europe Media Conference, 17-18 September 2020.