Section: OSCE (EU)
Statement by OSCE PA Human Rights Committee Chair Isabel Santos on Nadiya Savchenko’s release
COPENHAGEN, 25 May 2016 – Following the release of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament Nadiya Savchenko after nearly two years in a Russian prison, reportedly in exchange for two alleged Russian servicemen Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on...
OSCE media freedom representative, human rights chief welcome release of Khadija Ismayilova
VIENNA / WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today welcomed the release of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Khadija Ismayilova. “Her release is a very positive step, as was...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opens forward patrol base in Shchastia
LUHANSK, 25 May 2016 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine opened a new forward patrol base (FPB) in the government-controlled town of Shchastia in Luhansk region today. The FPB will increase the Mission’s ability to monitor the security situation in both government- and non-government-controlled areas. “The...
ODIHR Director Link welcomes Nadiya Savchenko’s release, stresses need to respect rights of remaining prisoners
WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, welcomed the release today of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament, Nadiya Savchenko, who had been held in Russia since 2014. “I am very happy at the news of the release of Nadiya Savchenko,” Director Link said. “I hope that the...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier welcomes the release of Nadiya Savchenko
BERLIN, 25 May 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today welcomed the release of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. “I am glad and relieved that the Nadiya Savchenko has been released at last and that she can now return to her family in Ukraine,” Steinmeier said. “This is good news for...
Newly-published handbook on theory of law presented by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Andrii Dziubenko The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and its longstanding partner, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, on 20 May 2016 presented a handbook on the theory of law, one of the fundamental legal disciplines, which was developed by a group of prominent researchers from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Yaroslav Mudryi...
Civil society dialogue and mediation processes North and South of Mediterranean region in focus of OSCE-supported workshop and discussions in Madrid
242401 Communication and Media Relations Section A civil society expert workshop and discussions amongst OSCE delegations on the topic of Dialogue in Search of Social Cohesion, organized by the 2016 Austrian Chairmanship of the …read more Source:...
Civil society dialogue and mediation processes North and South of the Mediterranean region in focus of OSCE-supported workshop and discussions in Madrid
242401 Communication and Media Relations Section A civil society expert workshop and discussions amongst OSCE delegations on the topic of Dialogue in Search of Social Cohesion, organized by the 2016 Austrian Chairmanship of the …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 23 May 2016
The SMM observed a marked decrease in the level of violence in Donetsk region as compared to the previous reporting period. Luhansk region remained relatively calm. The SMM continued to monitor the withdrawal of weapons and noted the presence of armoured combat vehicles and anti-aircraft weapons in the security zone. The Mission observed the full...
OSCE Representative calls for swift investigation into attacks on journalists in Ukraine
VIENNA, 24 May 2016 – OSCE Representative Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Ukraine to conduct a swift investigation of the attack against Anatoly Ostapenko, journalist with Hromadske TV in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Ostapenko was brutally beaten today by three unidentified men while on his way to his office in Zaporizhzhia, and he...
