The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1258 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1259 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1260 on the recommendation on the appointment of the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1261 on the recommendation to appoint the OSCE Secretary General.

Civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine 2016

Publishing date: 16 September 2017

Collections: Thematic Reports from the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

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 expert thematic report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine examines cases of civilian casualties documented by the Mission throughout 2016 in relation to ceasefire violations and the conduct of hostilities.

Journal of the 853rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Publishing date: 17 May 2017

Collections: 853rd Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Content type: Conference / meeting document

Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation

What we do: Arms control

Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Security Dialogue: “Measures to Prevent the Uncontrolled Spread of Small Arms and Light Weapons”: – Ambassador E. Danon, Deputy General Director for political and security affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France; – Ms. M. Soriano, Inspector of the General Commissary of Information, Ministry of the Interior, Spain; – Mr. V. Antonyuk, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation; – Mr. H. Shiotani, Programme Lead, Conventional Arms Programme, UNIDIR (Mr. V. Antonyuk, Russian Federation, Annex 1; Spain, Annex 2). Financial contributions to the Montenegro Demilitarization Programme (MONDEM) and to the Capacity Development Programme for Conventional Ammunition Stockpile Management for the Republic of Serbia (CASM) (Luxembourg, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine.

“The Responsibility of States”: Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the OSCE Region (2014–2016)

Publishing date: 14 September 2017

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

In this report, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) provides an overview and analysis of critical challenges faced by human rights defenders in the OSCE region, as well as good practices by OSCE participating States in their protection. The report also provides recommendations of how to close identified protection gaps, which should be considered in conjunction with the ODIHR Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Guidelines). In and of themselves, the Guidelines are a comprehensive set of recommendations to States, reflecting international standards. This report assesses implementation of those standards by OSCE participating States in the two-year period following the June 2014 publication of the Guidelines.