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Eliminating Incentives for Torture in the OSCE Region: Baseline Study and Practical Guidance
Publishing date: 14 October 2020
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
Uzbekistan: Joint Opinion on the Draft Law “on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations”
Publishing date: 12 October 2020
Collections: Legal Opinions and Comments
The Joint Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. In the interest of conciseness, it focuses more on areas that require amendments or improvements than on the positive aspects of the Draft Law. The ensuing recommendations are based on international human rights standards and obligations, OSCE human dimension commitments, and good national practices.
Response by the Delegation of Georgia to the Questionnaire on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2020
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
This paper updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2019. 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 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Journal of the 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Grau. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1380 on the date and venue of the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1381 on the agenda, timetable and organizational modalities of the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. Regarding the illegal checkpoints in the Security Zone, serious constraints on the free movement and human rights in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak (Moldova, Annex 1). Situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. Aggression of Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia with the direct involvement of Turkey and foreign terrorist fighters (Armenia, Annex 2). Aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan, Annex 3). European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020. Attacks on freedom of opinion and expression and on media freedom in Belarus. The case of Mr. Y. Dmitriev. Parliamentary elections in Liechtenstein, to be held on 7 February 2021.
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of Norway, also on behalf of Andorra, Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, on the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the German EU Presidency on the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, observed on 10 October 2020
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America regarding the illegal checkpoints in the Security Zone, serious constraints on the free movement and human rights in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova during the COVID-19 pandem
Publishing date: 8 October 2020
Collections: 1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
1284th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council