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This paper was prepared by the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). This paper updates The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area: Background Paper 2018. 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 2018 to 31 March 2019. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this paper is accurate and impartial. All comments or suggestions should be addressed to ODIHR’s Human Rights Department at office@odihr.pl.

The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1346 on the dates and agenda of the 2019 Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation Meeting.

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu (Latvia, also on behalf of several delegations, Annex 1; Cyprus, Annex 2; Spain, Annex 3). Update by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Martin Sajdik. Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1344 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Finland-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1345 on supplementing the OSCE IT Infrastructure Upgrade Fund (Armenia, interpretative statement). Russian violations of the right to peaceful assembly and its election-related commitments. Recent developments on Georgia’s occupied territories. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on 30 August 2019. The death penalty in Belarus and in the United States of America. Violation of human rights of the indigenous population in Canada. Parliamentary election in Belarus, to be held on 17 November 2019. First Caspian Economic Forum, held in Avaza, Turkmenistan, on 12 August 2019 (Azerbaijan, Annex 4). Parliamentary election in Portugal, to be held on 6 October 2019. Parliamentary election in Poland, to be held on 13 October 2019.

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1239th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council