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Countering the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon requires greater parliamentary involvement, say Ad Hoc Committee members at Rome OSCE conference
Publishing date: 10 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ROME, 10 May 2018 – Parliaments and international fora such as the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have a vital role to play in shaping innovative legislation and policies to reduce threats posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters, or FTFs, said Chair of the OSCE PA’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Makis Voridis at a conference in Rome today.
Protections against cyber threats must build trust and uphold fundamental freedoms, say OSCE parliamentarians at Lisbon conference
Publishing date: 9 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
LISBON, 8 May 2018 – Governments, parliaments and international organizations should address the growing challenges associated with information and communications technology (ICT) by enhancing co-operation and implementing policies to bridge gaps in current legal frameworks, participants said today at a conference in Lisbon organized by the Portuguese Parliament and co-hosted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Ensuring that freedom of information and individual privacy are not infringed upon while countering cyber threats is equally important, they said...
OSCE PA President Tsereteli welcomes constructive efforts to resolve political impasse in Armenia
Publishing date: 4 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 4 May 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is closely following the situation in Armenia and welcomes the active dialogue among political forces, said PA President George Tsereteli (MP, Georgia) today.
OSCE PA human rights Chair urges restraint, dialogue in Armenia
Publishing date: 20 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 20 April 2018- On the eighth consecutive day of protests in Yerevan and other cities in Armenia, Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today called on all sides to engage in constructive dialogue...
OSCE PA’s Sanchez Amor concerned by stripping of immunity of parliamentarians in Poland, calls for reconsideration
Publishing date: 17 April 2018
COPENHAGEN, 17 April 2018- Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today expressed his concern regarding the state of freedom of expression in Poland, following the stripping of immunity from several opposition parliamentarians last week...
OSCE PA human rights Chair welcomes Azerbaijan’s release of journalist Aziz Orudjev, urges additional steps
Publishing date: 6 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 6 April 2018 – Ignacio Sanchez Amor (MP, Spain), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, today welcomed the release of journalist Aziz Orudjev, CEO of the Internet TV channel Canal 13, who was freed from prison in Azerbaijan on Thursday. Sanchez Amor expressed hope that this signals an increased commitment to the rule of law in Azerbaijan. He said that other imprisoned journalists and activists should also be released....
OSCE PA’s de Sena and Kiener Nellen to lead election observers in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 5 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 5 April 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is deploying a mission of observers to Azerbaijan next week for the presidential election on 11 April. Nilza de Sena (MP, Portugal) will serve as Special Co-ordinator and leader of the 300-plus short-term OSCE observer mission, while Margret Kiener Nellen (MP, Switzerland) will serve as head of the OSCE PA delegation of some 40 members of parliament from more than 20 countries.