COPENHAGEN, 14 February 2012 – Parliamentarians from more than 50 countries will debate arms control, judicial systems and prison reform, counter-terrorism and the global financial crisis at the OSCE PA Winter Meeting 23-24 February in Vienna. The Winter Meeting kicks off with an international panel addressing the Assembly's human rights committee about torture, prisons and justice. Scheduled to appear: Manfred Nowak, former UN Special
13 February 2012
COPENHAGEN, 13 February 2012 – OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou made the following statement today on the selection of Switzerland and Serbia to chair the OSCE in 2014 and 2015, respectively: "I would like to express my sincere congratulations to Switzerland and Serbia on being awarded the OSCE Chairmanship for 2014 and 2015 respectively. I am very pleased that the OSCE participating States agreed to this joint proposal and I wish our Swiss
13 February 2012
OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou participates in memorial ceremony at the Hall of Rememrance at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. 13 February 2012. JERUSALEM, 13 February 2012 – OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou today made the following statement at a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem: "The Holocaust was an unprecedented and incomparable crime against humanity. As we remember the lives lost and communities destroyed, we call on OSCE
COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2012 – João Soares, OSCE PA President Emeritus and Special Representative for South Caucasus today expressed concern regarding reports of a law enforcement raid on the Tskinvali headquarters of Alla Dzhioyeva, former education minister and former opposition candidate, which left Dzhioyeva hospitalized with injuries. "I call on the relevant authorities in the region of South Ossetia to respect the rule of law and human
09 February 2012
COPENHAGEN, 9 February 2012 – In a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing yesterday featuring the OSCE Chair-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, the Head of the OSCE PA's U.S. Delegation Chris Smith welcomed the Irish Chairmanship's security agenda and highlighted the work of the Parliamentary Assembly on child safety. Pointing to a resolution adopted at the Belgrade Annual Session last year, Smith said that international child
01 February 2012
COPENHAGEN, 1 February 2012 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights committee chair Matteo Mecacci (Italy) today welcomed the news that Kazakhstani authorities are set to release imprisoned human rights defender Yvgeny Zhovtis under a general amnesty later this month. "I hope Mr. Zhovtis' release from prison will be the beginning of a new chapter in developing fundamental freedoms and human rights in Kazakhstan," said Mecacci, chair of the
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