Section: OSCE (EU)
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 23 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). On 22 November events commemorating the famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933 (“Holodomor”) were held across the country. On...
OSCE supports discussions on the case-law of European Court of Human Rights among Ukrainian legal professionals
Andrii Dziubenko More than a hundred legal professionals gathered in Lviv to participate in the International Forum on the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, organized jointly by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the law faculty of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The three-day event that ended...
‘Ball clearly in Russia’s court’ to resolve Ukraine crisis, says OSCE PA President at NATO PA
COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – It is first and foremost up to Russia to take immediate, concrete steps towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) said today in an address at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 60th Annual Session in The Hague. “Key OSCE...
OSCE PA’s human rights chair calls on Russia to end targeting of Memorial, other NGOs
COPENHAGEN, 24 November 2014 – The chair of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today called on Russian authorities to ensure the ability of non-governmental organizations, including human rights group Memorial, to continue their important work and rescind restrictive regulations on their...
Second OSCE BMSC Cross-Border Research Conference concludes with field trip to Tajik-Afghan border
Ilona Kazaryan The OSCE Border Management Staff College’s Second Cross-Border Research Conference, this year focusing on border security in the era of globalization and the challenges of migration, concluded on 21 November 2014 with a field trip to the Tajik-Afghan border. The conference brought together eight practitioners and 20...
High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights access to education, situation in Crimea in her statement to OSCE Permanent Council
126955 Statement by Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors highlighted access to higher education by national minorities and human rights abuses in Crimea in …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 21 November 2014
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Events marking the first anniversary of Maidan were held across the country and were still ongoing at the time of reporting. Following the explosion in Trinkler Street...
Central Asia plays important role as a bridge between Asia and Europe, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in regional visit
BERN, 22 November 2014 – Central Asia plays an important role as a bridge between Asia and Europe, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said as he concluded a four-day visit to the Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, from 19 to 22 November 2014....
OSCE helps Ukrainian law enforcement educational institutions to improve teaching of cybercrime investigation
Andrii Dziubenko Twenty teachers from educational institutions of Ukrainian law enforcement agencies enhanced their knowledge and skills in the area of investigating ICT-related crimes, during a five-day intensive train-the-trainer course that ends on 21 November 2014, in Kyiv. The training course was organizedby the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in...
Media briefing by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine on Saturday in Severodonetsk
KYIV, 21 November 2014 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine will hold a media briefing in Severodonetsk tomorrow, Saturday, 22 November 2014, at 12:30 Kiev time, at the Hotel Mir (fourth floor), Lisichanskaya St., 1. Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the SMM, and Michael Bociurkiw, Mission Spokesperson, will...
