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Building walls won't solve migrant crisis, says OSCE PA humanitarian Chair
Publishing date: 19 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 19 August 2015 – Putting up barriers will not solve the deepening crisis concerning migrants and refugees in Europe, but a policy based on solidarity and respect for human lives will, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly humanitarian Chair Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) said in a statement today...
Azerbaijan in ‘anti-democratic free fall,’ says OSCE PA’s Santos following Yunus verdict
Publishing date: 13 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 13 August 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband, Arif, to lengthy prison terms and called on authorities to urgently begin respecting their OSCE commitments in the spheres of human rights and civil liberties...
Germany’s Klimke appointed OSCE PA Special Representative for the Baltic Sea Area
Publishing date: 6 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 6 August 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) has appointed German parliamentarian Juergen Klimke to serve as the PA’s first Special Representative for the Baltic Sea Area...
Santos condemns treatment of jailed Kazakhstani opposition leader
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
COPENHAGEN, 29 July 2015 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today raised grave concerns over the treatment of jailed Kazakhstani opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov...
OSCE PA human rights Chair calls for end to anti-Roma rhetoric and actions in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 13 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
COPENHAGEN, 13 July 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions today called for an immediate end to evictions in Roma communities in Bulgaria and criticized political leaders for incidents of hate speech...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopts 2015 Helsinki Declaration
Publishing date: 9 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
HELSINKI, 9 July 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has adopted the 2015 Helsinki Declaration, containing the Assembly’s wide-ranging policy recommendations and pronouncements for the OSCE and its 57 participating States in the fields of political affairs and security, economics, the environment and human rights...
At OSCE PA Annual Session, parliamentarians debate political affairs, economic and environmental issues, human rights concerns
Publishing date: 7 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
HELSINKI, 7 July 2015 – Parliamentary debate on political affairs, economic and environmental issues and human rights concerns is well under way at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Helsinki...