COPENHAGEN, 17 August 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary President Christine Muttonen (Austria), Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Chair Makis Voridis (Greece) and human rights committee Chair Nacho Sanchez Amor (Spain) condemned today the attack in Barcelona, Spain, which is being treated by the authorities as terrorism. At least 13 people were killed and 50 seriously injured when a van plowed into pedestrians in the city’s historic Las Ramblas

Ignacio Sanchez Amor at the OSCE PA's Annual Session in Minsk, 5 July 2017 COPENHAGEN, 21 July 2017 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, Spanish parliamentarian Ignacio Sanchez Amor, today expressed deep concern at recent actions taken by the ruling party in Poland related to reforming the judiciary. “It is hard to see the recent actions as anything other than a dedicated assault on judicial independence by

Ivana Dobesova, Ignacio Sanchez Amor and Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni at the Annual Session in Minsk, 8 July 2017 COPENHAGEN, 20 July 2017 – The three officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions – Chair Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Vice-Chair Ivana Dobesova (Czech Republic) and Rapporteur Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni (Cyprus) – today issued the following statement regarding

OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen addresses OSCE Foreign Ministers in Mauerbach, Austria, 11 July 2017. MAUERBACH, Austria, 11 July 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) addressed today the OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting being held in Mauerbach, Austria, under the theme “Building Trust through Dialogue and Co-operation.” The meeting, convened by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austrian Foreign

COPENHAGEN, 10 July 2017 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (Austria) made a number of appointments today to fill key roles in advancing the Assembly’s work on counter-terrorism, migration and Mediterranean issues. For the Assembly’s newly established Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism, President Muttonen appointed Makis Voridis (Greece) as Chair, and Stephane Crusniere (Belgium), Richard Hudson (United States),

OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen delivers closing remarks at the Annual Session in Minsk, 9 July 2017 MINSK, 9 July 2017 – Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen was elected to a second term as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today at the OSCE PA’s Annual Session in Minsk. Upon her re-election, the President thanked the Assembly for its support and pledged to continue the work that she has pursued since being elected in