U.S. Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women As delivered by Ambassador James S. Gilmore III to the Permanent Council, Vienna November 26, 2020 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In commemorating the International Day on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the United States reaffirms its strong commitment to gender equality and eradicating …

Statement delivered at the April 30, 2020 Permanent Council regarding human rights’ protections during the pandemic.

Response delivered at the April 30, 2020 to the Permanent Council in support of the statement by the Delegation of the UK.

Statement observing the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Permanent Council on January 30, 2020.

Statement delivered at the Permanent Council on International Human Rights Day

The U.S. statement delivered at HDIM 2019 Working Session 11 on the Prevention of torture.

HDIM brings together hundreds of civil society representatives and government officials from North America, Europe, and Central Asia for talks to advance human rights and fundamental freedoms. These participants review how the 57 OSCE participating States are implementing the full range of their human rights commitments, including those on: fundamental freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, …

Statement delivered at the Permanent Council on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Statement delivered at the Permanent Council marking International Roma Day

Right of Reply on the Death Penalty as delivered at the Permanent Council.

U.S. statement delivered at the OSCE Permanent Council on International Human Rights Day

Statement to the Permanent Council on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Human Rights in Chechnya: 16 OSCE Countries Invoke Moscow Mechanism

U.S. Closing Statement at the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, September 10, 2018.

Statement at HDIM: Any Other Business. Turkmenistan: the Moscow Mechanism

Working Session 17 (specifically selected topic): Combating racism, xenophobia, intolerance, and discrimination (Part 2).

Working Session 16 (specifically selected topic): Combating racism, xenophobia, intolerance, and discrimination.

Working Session 15: Tolerance and non-discrimination 2, including: Equal opportunity for women and men in all spheres of life, including through implementation of the OSCE Action Plan for Promotion of Gender Equality.

Working Session 14: Humanitarian issues and other commitments, including: combating trafficking in human beings, refugees and displaced persons, persons at risk of displacement.

Statement at HDIM Working Session 11: Fundamental freedoms (Part 1, continued) including freedom of peaceful assembly and association, national human rights institutions and the role of civil society in the protection of human rights

Statement at HDIM Working Session 10: Fundamental freedoms I (continued), Including freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, national human rights institutions and the role of civil society in the protection of human rights, and freedom of movement

Statement at HDIM Working Session 8: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination I (continued), Including: Rights of Persons Belonging to National Minorities, and Preventing Aggressive Nationalism, Racism and Chauvinism.

Working Session 7: Fundamental freedoms 1, including: Freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief.

Statement at HDIM Working Session 6: Tolerance and non-discrimination Part 1, including combating anti-Semitism, combating intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief, including against Christians, Muslims and members of other religions

Statement at HDIM Working Session 5: Rule of Law II – Protection of human rights and fighting terrorism; Prevention of torture; Exchange of views on the question of the abolition of capital punishment

U.S. Statement delivered at HDIM Working Session 1 – Democratic institutions, including democracy at the national, regional, and local levels, and democratic elections

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release MEDIA NOTE September 7, 2018 U.S. Delegation to the 2018 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting Ambassador Michael G. Kozak will lead the U.S. delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to be held …

Statement to the Permanent Council on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Statement at the Permanent Council on constitutional policing in the United States.

Statement at the Permanent Council on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018.

“We Will Bear Witness, and We Will Act: Observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” Response to the address to the Permanent Council by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

The United States strongly supports the work of the OSCE Special Representative as well as the work of all OSCE structures to combat human trafficking.

In this decision, we recognize the important contribution that media can make in preventing human trafficking.

We will continue to take forward the principles that underpin the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international covenants and the Helsinki Final Act and stand up for human rights, across the OSCE region, and worldwide.

The United States will never waver in its support for women’s equality.

The OSCE is in a unique position to improve cooperation to make migration safe, orderly, and regular, and to enhance the protection practices in OSCE participating States.

Human Rights Defenders are the heartbeat of the Helsinki process. My delegation expresses deep appreciation to the civil society activists who have participated in our discussions. Your contributions enrich and enliven the HDIM.

As we have for many years, we are using this agenda item to follow up on the use of the Moscow Mechanism.

Equal opportunity also means freedom for women and girls to attain their full potential in political leadership, civil society, and in private sector business.

We strongly support freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief, and we oppose invidious discrimination in economic, social, and cultural spheres. These values are not mutually exclusive but strongly complement each other.

The United States is deeply concerned about discrimination in the provision of basic services, such as housing, education, and safe drinking water, and the ways that such discrimination can contribute to rising inequality.

Right to a fair trial; Independence of the judiciary; Democratic law-making.

Protection of human rights and fighting terrorism; Prevention of Torture; Exchange of views on the question of the abolition of capital punishment.

On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we stand in solidarity with the victims and families of those who have been subject to enforced disappearance throughout the OSCE region.

The United States recognizes the debate on the death penalty both within and among nations. We respect the views of our friends around this table.

I’d say this is not the first time that the Russian Federation has responded to a genuine expression of concern about a certain situation or development in Russia by attacking those raising the issue in the Permanent Council.

On Reports of Arrests and Murders of Gay Men by the Chechen Government As delivered by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Kate M. Byrnes to the Permanent Council, Vienna April 6, 2017 Thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States is disturbed by media and civil society reports of local Chechen authorities arresting and even killing gay men.  Reports …

ODIHR is leading the way on numerous areas of critical importance to the comprehensive and lasting security of our region. ODIHR’s work on tolerance and non-discrimination, in particular regarding combating violent hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and intolerance towards Roma and Sinti, is essential at a time when intolerance is on the rise throughout the region

Only by working together can we address this crisis in an effective, safe, and humane way that also strengthens our security and stability.

Thank you to the European Union for the very strong and eloquent statement on International Human Rights Day. The United States would also like to add its voice on this topic. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 68 years ago to recognize and elevate the inherent dignity and inalienable …