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Security and Human Rights Monitor The Security and Human Rights Monitor (SHR Monitor) is a multifaceted platform that provides analysis on the work of the OSCE, as well as on security and human rights challenges stemming from the OSCE region and beyond.
27 November 2025
The formal end of the Minsk Process
Analysis
The impact of the Helsinki Accords on civil society development and human rights observance in the OSCE region: past and present
Defending Media Freedom in a Changing World
Prevention is not very sexy: A conversation with Knut Vollebaek
Time for reforming the OSCE and the European security architecture? Not quite.
Russia and the OSCE: An Ambivalent Relationship
Maintain your Principles: how the in-coming Swiss Chair can rescue the legal order in the OSCE area
Golden Jubilee of Helsinki Final Act Commemorated Amid War in Ukraine
Preface: The Final Act? The Legacy and Future of the Helsinki Principles
Russia, The United States, and the OSCE: A Cloudy Future?
The OSCE at 50: Reviving the spirit of Helsinki
The Charter of Paris in Perspective
Rebuilding peace and security in the OSCE area

Building Security Through Cooperation

The Security and Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) provides regular updates on topical developments relevant to the mandate of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The publications on this website are meant to stimulate dialogue and debate and / or inform readers on issues related to security and human rights.

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