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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
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) II: Final Report
Publishing date: 4 January 2021
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
United States of America, General Elections, 3 November 2020: Final Report
Publishing date: 9 February 2021
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
Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä, Officer-in-Charge in the absence of a Secretary General
Publishing date: 3 December 2020
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on recent developments in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 October 2020
Collections: 1283rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement at the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 23 May 2002
Collections: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media's Statements and Regular reports to the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Statement by the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve
Statement by the German EU Presidency on the situation in Kyrgyzstan after the recent parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Collections: 1285th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
1285th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Response by the Delegation of Portugal to the Questionnaire on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 5 February 2021
Content type: Report
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the 81st anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War
Publishing date: 3 September 2020
Collections: 1279th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
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.