#NorthMacedonia ’s presidential #election competitive and overall well run, but marked by legal gaps and negative rhetoric, international observers say. Find out more: bit.ly/3UdVAXt

EU 🙏🏻 the #MoscowMechanism experts for their comprehensive report & calls on 🇷🇺 to implement without delay the recommendations of the report, by immediately & unconditionally releasing all arbitrarily detained civilians, incl. 3 #OSCE SMM staff members
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Today OSCE #MoscowMechanism experts presented their report on “arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation” to the #OSCE ’s Permanent Council. Read more: bit.ly/44fd4qV #Ukraine #HumanRights #ОБСЕ #ОБСЄ

Erosion of #HumanRights is a worldwide concern - and at the same time a call for action for every one of us. #HumanRights Defenders

ODIHR’s planned observation of #Lithuania ’s presidential #election will regrettably not be possible due to the conditions set in the invitation. Read our full statement ▶️bit.ly/4b729BR

In collaboration with OSCE/ODIHR, we are delighted to convene the first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting under the 🇲🇹 Chairpersonship of the OSCE.

Join us to explore the crucial role of civil society in promoting & protecting international human rights law &…

DATUM-Kolumnistin Anneliese Rohrer schreibt in ihrer Kolumne diesmal, über Österreichs hartnäckige Zuneigung zu Russland (frei) ››› datum.at/vererbte-emoti…

Today we commemorate the 81st anniversary of the #WarsawGhettoUprising .

We honour those who sacrificed their lives and their determination to stand up to injustice, as we continue our own quest to combat hatred and build a future based on mutual respect. #RememberingTogether

Great compliment from a predecessor with exactly the same qualities…

One of the investigative procedures OSCE invoked to gather information on repression in #Russia

Reaching the closing of the ⁦EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights⁩‘s #RightsForum24 , Commissioner ⁦Dunja Mijatovic⁩ makes a strong plea for upholding the key principle and achievement of #RuleOfLaw in the face of its quite brutal undermining also within Europe

The new director ⁦EU Fundamental Rights ➡️ #HumanRights⁩, ⁦Sirpa Rautio⁩, opens the #RightsForum24 with a reminder of key challenges and a promise for open engagement by the Agency. Welcome! And courage!

What will we learn at the #EURightsAgency #RightsForum24 ?

Follow the panellists as they take stock of the thematic discussions & underline the role #HumanRights play in shaping our European societies.

Register here:
fundamentalrightsforum.eu/registration/r…

🗨️We must remind all governments what they committed to 75 years ago in the #UDHR75 to revitalise a vision of a world where all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, says 🇦🇹 Austrian President A. Van der Bellen opening today’s #RightsForum24 .

Today, 100 legal experts met in #Vienna to discuss how to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against #Ukraine . There can be no business as usual: #Russia ’s aggression will not go unpunished! Those responsible must be held to account.

#InternationalVienna

'Journalistic independence demands an insistence on reflecting the world as it is, not as you wish it to be'

On Monday The New York Times publisher AG Sulzberger delivered the 2024 Reuters Memorial Lecture.

Read the full text or watch the event in the link below reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/full-text…

Here's your regular reminder that farmers, who are setting Brussels alight again today, already get a whopping 33 percent of the EU budget

#Serbia ’s 2023 parliamentary #elections were marred by the decisive involvement of the President and the ruling party’s systemic advantages, although technically well-administered & offering voters a choice of political alternatives, ODIHR says. Read more: bit.ly/49vPMz3