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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...
Independent OSCE Moscow Mechanism experts: the practice of the forcible transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to the territory of the Russian Federation may amount to a crime against humanity Added 2023-05-04 On 4 May 2023, 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 forcible transfer and/or deportation of Ukrainian children to...
The OSCE Informal Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists highlighted the dangers journalists are facing due to continued Russia’s aggression against Ukraine Added 2023-05-04 On 4 May 2023 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...
OSCE Permanent Council initiates new Moscow mechanism to address the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia Added 2023-03-30 On 30 March 2023, 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 the...
The new OSCE Moscow Mechanism invoked in relation to human rights violations in Belarus Added 2023-03-23 On 23 March 2023, 38 participating States of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), including Lithuania, invoked one of the OSCE's Human Dimension instruments - the Moscow Mechanism on Human Rights Violations in Belarus....
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...