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OSCE Permanent Council informed about Priorities of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Added 2024-04-26 On 25 April 2024, during a discussion with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), Marija Pejčinović Burić in the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Lithuania outlined to the OSCE...
Independent OSCE Moscow Mechanism experts: Russia uses violence and repression against Ukrainian civilians Added 2024-04-26 On 25 April, the Report under the Moscow Mechanism on violations and abuses of international humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the...
At the OSCE Permanent Council Russia is urged to release all political prisoners Added 2024-04-18 On 19 April 2024, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Nordic-Baltic countries, including Lithuania, reacted to ongoing systematic repression and crackdown on civil society in Russia and...
OSCE Permanent Council initiates new Moscow mechanism to address the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation Added 2024-02-29 On 29 February 2024, 45 participating States of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), including Lithuania, following consultations with Ukraine initiated preparation of a new Moscow Mechanism report to address arbitrary...
Lithuania stresses serious human rights situation in Russia in a joint statement on the death of Aleksey Navalny Added 2024-02-29 On 29 February 2024 at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba speaking on...
Informal Group of Friends of Democratic Belarus highlighted Belarus’ failure to meet its OSCE human rights commitments Added 2024-02-09 On 8 February 2024, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Informal Group of Friends of Democracy in Belarus, of which Lithuania is a member, drew attention to ongoing human rights...
Vice-Minister E. Meilūnas at the OSCE Chairpersonship Security Conference: Russian attacks on Ukraine's critical civilian infrastructure have reached an unprecedented level Added 2023-06-28 The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas participated in the Chairpersonship Security Review Conference 2023 of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which took place on June 28-29 and was...
The OSCE Informal Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists called to provide asylum and support to independent journalists forced to flee from Russia and Belarus Added 2023-03-14 On 13 March 2023, at the Human Dimension Supplementary Meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) the representative of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the International Organisations in Vienna, speaking on...
Baltic States condemned Russia's military actions in Ukraine at the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) Added 2022-05-16 On May 16th, at the 31st session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) in Vienna, Lithuania’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Ambassador Vaidotas Verba, speaking on...
The informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists highlighted the flagrant and systematic assault on media freedom and independent journalists by the Russian Federation and Belarus Added 2022-05-05 On 5 May 2022 in Vienna, at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) the informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists, composed of 16 participating States, including Lithuania, delivered a...