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Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on the State Register of Voters of Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 January 2006
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
In April 2005 the Minister of Justice of Ukraine requested an opinion on the Draft Law on the State Register of voters of Ukraine. This draft opinion is based on comments provided by Messrs Joseph Middleton (expert of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE) and Angel Sanchez Navarro (Substitute Member of the Venice Commission, Spain), and are based on an English translation of the Law provided by the Ministry of Justice Ukraine. The joint Venice Commission- OSCE/ODIHR opinion was adopted by the Council for Democratic Elections at its 15th meeting (Venice, 15 December 2005) and by the Venice Commission at its 65th Plenary Session (Venice, 16-17 December 2005).
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the update by Ambassador Martin Sajdik and to the report by Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan
Publishing date: 28 January 2016
Collections: 1087th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Protection of Civilians and their Freedom of Movement in the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions
Publishing date: 13 May 2015
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report outlines the impact on civilians of a Government-issued Temporary Order which regulates travel into and out of the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in the Donbas. The report is based on monitoring activities conducted by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine from January to April 2015.
Journal of the 1139th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 30 March 2017
Collections: 1139th 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
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Michael Scanlan. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Belarus. Restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in the Russian Federation. Ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. Challenges to the Minsk Process owing to the provocative actions of Armenia. Meetings on Syria, held in Astana on 23 and 24 January, 14 and 15 February and 14 and 15 March 2017 respectively.
Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the update by Ambassador Heidi Grau and to the report by Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Collections: 1310th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Journal of the 1245th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 31 October 2019
Collections: 1245th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
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 Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Ambassador Vuk Žugić. Report by the Special Representatives of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Youth and Security. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. Continuation of provocative actions by the authorities in Priština. Recent developments in Kosovo. Concerns about the accreditation of journalists from Radio Ozodi in Tajikistan. Presentation of the fourth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity during the Aurora Forum held in Yerevan from 14 to 21 October 2019.
Journal of the 1138th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 23 March 2017
Collections: 1138th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Address by the Dean and Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Mr. Martin Kreutner. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. So-called parliamentary elections in the occupied Abkhazia region of Georgia. 18th anniversary of the violations of international law and of the Helsinki Final Act in the former Yugoslavia. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the OSCE, Ambassador H. Wurth. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Serbia to the OSCE, Ambassador V. Žugić. Invitation to the briefing “Transforming the country: Ukraine on the path of reforms”, to be held on 24 March 2017.
Address by ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci to the OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 8 November 2023
Collections: Speeches by Director Matteo Mecacci
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Delivered on 2 November 2023 in Vienna.
Joint statement by the Mediators in the Negotiations Process toward a Political Settlement of the Transdniestrian Problem from the OSCE, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 January 2005
Collections: The frozen conflict in Transdniestria
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Delegation of the United Kingdom/EU Presidency on European Union border assistance mission to Moldova and Ukraine
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
Collections: 572nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe