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Opinion on the Law on Mediation of Mongolia
Publishing date: 22 May 2020
The Opinion raises key issues and provides indications of areas of concern. In the interests of conciseness, the Opinion focuses more on those provisions that require improvements rather than on the positive aspects of the Mediation Law. The ensuing recommendations are based on international standards and practices related to mediation. The Opinion will also seek to highlight, as appropriate, good practices from other OSCE participating States in this field.
Urgent Comments on the draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Measures to Further Improve the Institution of the Advocacy and Radically Increase the Status of Advocates
Publishing date: 22 May 2020
The scope of these Comments focuses mainly on the proposed changes relating to the institution of advocacy but does not go into other aspects addressed in the Draft Degree and Concept, notably amendments to criminal procedure, taxation laws, or legislation on legal aid. With respect to the right to legal aid, OSCE/ODIHR would like to refer to its 2019 Comments on the Draft Law on Legal Aid.
Journal of the 77th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 20 May 2020
Security Dialogue on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325: – Presentation by Ms. O. Xhaçka, Minister of Defence, Albania; – Presentation by Ms. T. Kovalchuk, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Ukraine; – Presentation by Ambassador M. Verveer, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender (FSC Co-ordinator for Matters Related to UNSCR 1325, Albania, Annex 1; Croatia-European Union, Annex 2; United Kingdom, Annex 3; Germany, Annex 4; Russian Federation, Annex 5; France, Annex 6; Kazakhstan, Annex 7; United States of America, Annex 8; Spain, Annex 9; Bulgaria, Annex 10; Chairperson of the Informal Group of Friends on Small Arms and Light Weapons and Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition, Latvia, Annex 11).
Statement by the Delegation of Liechtenstein, also on behalf of several delegations, in response to the presentations by Ms. O. Xhaçka, by Ms. T. Kovalchuk, and by Ambassador M. Verveer
Publishing date: 20 May 2020
77th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Presentation by Ms. T. Kovalchuk, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 May 2020
77th Joint Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Permanent Council
Journal of the 1268th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 21 May 2020
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Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Ambassador Dr. Pierre von Arx, and by the Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Dr. Alexander Wolters. Report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Valeriu Chiveri. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Remembrance of the victims of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people from Crimea by the Soviet regime. Russia’s illegal conscription in Crimea in violation of the norms of international law. International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, observed on 17 May 2020. The case of Mr. Y. Dmitriev in the Russian Federation. Recent sentencing of journalists in Belarus.
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America in response to the report by the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Valeriu Chiveri
Publishing date: 21 May 2020
1268th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Croatian EU Presidency on recent sentencing of journalists in Belarus
Publishing date: 21 May 2020
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1268th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Croatian EU Presidency on the case of Mr. Y. Dmitriev in the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 21 May 2020
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1268th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Statement by the Delegation of the United States of America on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, observed on 17 May 2020
Publishing date: 21 May 2020
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1268th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council