Response to Report by ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci
Participants recounted the horrors Russia has inflicted, not just on the people of Ukraine but on its own citizens as well. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference | Follow up on Invocations of the Moscow Mechanism
We call on Russia, Belarus, and Turkmenistan to take immediate steps to address the concerns identified in the Expert Missions’ reports and implement the recommendations in them. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Closing Statement
The contempt the Kremlin and the Lukashenka regime have shown for the WHDC is the same contempt they show for their citizens and for the OSCE principles. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 8: Humanitarian Issues
We call on Russia’s government to stop the forcible transfers and deportations of Ukraine’s children and return those forcibly relocated to their families or legal guardians. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 7: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination II
Exclusion and intolerance weaken societies and make democracies less prosperous, less stable, and less equitable. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 4: Fundamental Freedoms II
Freedom of religion continues to be severely restricted in some OSCE participating States. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 3: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
To combat antisemitism, it is crucial to have not only a national plan, but also concerted international strategies. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 2: Fundamental Freedoms I
The United States condemns Russia’s wrongful detention of journalist and U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich, and we call for his immediate release. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session 1: Democratic Institutions
We unequivocally condemn Russia’s continued occupation of parts of Ukraine. And we will never recognize the results of blatantly fake electoral processes as legitimate. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Opening Remarks
Despite unrelenting obstructionism from Russia, the OSCE found a way forward. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2023
The conference provides a forum for governments and civil society to review compliance with OSCE human rights commitments. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference: Follow Up on Invocations of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism
It is disturbing to note that Russia has apparently undertaken no serious investigations into serious allegations of abuses. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Closing Statement
Together, we sent a strong message to Russia and to any other participating States that would undermine OSCE’s human dimension work: You did not succeed. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session VIII
The destructive impact of Putin’s war has reached far beyond Ukraine, with 44 million worldwide pushed into food insecurity as a result of Russia’s Black Sea blockade and pillaging of Ukrainian agriculture. Read More»
Ensuring Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence resulting from Russia’s War against Ukraine
Early on after Russia intensified its unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, we began hearing reports how Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women in front of their children in places like Bucha after breaking down the doors where they had sought shelter. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session VII
The Russian Federation is prosecuting its citizens for peacefully protesting against the war in Ukraine. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session VI
Ukrainian POWs returned through swaps reported being tortured, including beatings with electrical wires and mock executions. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference: Plenary Session V
Russia’s aggression against independent, multi-ethnic Ukraine has caused great harm to Ukrainian citizens of all backgrounds. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session IV
Since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the situation for freedom of expression and media freedom in Russia has worsened significantly. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session III
Russia’s President Putin has tried to justify his war against Ukraine by claiming he is “de-nazifying” a democratic country that elected a Jewish president. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session II
In recent months we have seen Russia target religious groups in parts of other countries that it controls or occupies, including Crimean Tatar Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Ukraine. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Plenary Session I
In Belarus, there have been no free and fair elections since Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s 1994 election. Brutal repressions following the fraudulent 2020 presidential election relentlessly continue. Read More»
Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Opening Remarks
As we meet, Russia wages brutal war against Ukraine while Poland and other nearby countries represented at this table face a massive refugee crisis. Read More»
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