I. Executive Summary In line with its monitoring mandate, ODIHR launched the Ukraine Monitoring Initiative (UMI) to monitor and report on the most pressing issues affecting the lives of civilians and...
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After two years of war, continuing violence inflicted on civilians in Ukraine is of grave concern, says international human rights office ODIHR [EN/RU/UK]
WARSAW, 23 February 2024 – As the war in Ukraine following Russia’s military attack enters its third year, the suffering of Ukrainian civilians is worsening as indiscriminate military strikes...
Third Interim Report on reported violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Ukraine [EN/RU/UK]
I. Executive Summary In line with its monitoring mandate, ODIHR launched the Ukraine Monitoring Initiative (UMI) to monitor and report on the most pressing issues affecting the lives of civilians and...
Tajikistan + 3 more
Impact of the Afghan crisis on the environment, water and energy in Central Asian regions bordering Afghanistan: Recommendations for the OSCE [EN/RU]
Introduction Three Central Asian states — Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — border the northern regions of Afghanistan, where ethnic groups of Tajiks, Turkmens and Uzbeks live. These...
Moscow Mechanism: “Report on the serious threat to the OSCE human dimension in Belarus since 5 November 2020” [EN/RU]
Moscow Mechanism expert report to OSCE Permanent Council on Belarus 11 May 2023 Today the OSCE Moscow Mechanism rapporteur Professor Hervé Ascensio presented his findings to the OSCE Permanent...
Ukraine appoints three experts following invocation of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism [EN/RU]
On 30 March 2023 and following consultation with Ukraine, 45 OSCE participating States invoked the Moscow Mechanism in order to “address the Deportation of Children amidst Human Rights Violations and...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General condemn intimidation and detention of OSCE staff in Donetsk and Luhansk [EN/RU/UK]
VIENNA/WARSAW, 25 May 2022 - OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Poland Zbigniew Rau and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid today reiterated their condemnation of persistent...
OSCE human rights office intensifies monitoring of abuses in and around Ukraine as evidence grows [EN/RU/UK]
WARSAW, 20 May 2022 – As the precarious security situation in Ukraine continues, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is stepping up its monitoring of the impact of...
Chairman-in-Office and Secretary General expressed regret that no consensus reached on extension of mandate of Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine [EN/RU/UK]
WARSAW/VIENNA, 31 March 2022 - OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid expressed their sincere regret that no consensus was reached...
COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts [EN/AR/RU/ZH]
GENEVA / WASHINGTON / VIENNA (19 March 2020) – In light of the growing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the monitors for freedom of expression and freedom of the media for the United...
Ukraine + 6 more
Those fleeing Ukraine conflict must be granted safe passage and international protection without delay, OSCE human rights head says [EN/RU]
WARSAW, 7 March 2022 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is alarmed that more than 1.7 million people have already fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 54/2022 issued on 7 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 16:00 6 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary The Mission completed its temporary evacuation of international mission...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 53/2022 issued on 6 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 16:00 6 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary The Mission received reports that the SMM premises in Mariupol were damaged...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 52/2022 issued on 5 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 16:00 5 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary Following the instruction of 24 February to temporarily evacuate all SMM...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 51/2022 issued on 4 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 16:00 4 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary During the night of 3 to 4 March, the Kherson Monitoring Team heard shooting...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 50/2022 issued on 3 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 16:00 3 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary On the morning of 3 March, the SMM continued to hear explosions around Kherson...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 49/2022 issued on 3 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 17:00 2 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary One national Mission member was reported killed by shelling in Kharkiv. During...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 48/2022 issued on 1 March 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 17:00 1 March 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary During the evening of 28 February and during the morning on 1 March, the SMM...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 47/2022 issued on 28 February 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 17:00 28 February 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary During the evening of 27-28 February and from early morning hours on 28...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 46/2022 issued on 27 February 2022 [EN/RU/UK]
Based on information from the Monitoring Teams as of 17:00 27 February 2022. All times are in Eastern European Time. Summary Until the late hours of the night of 26-27 February and from the early...