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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.
03 October 2019
Europe’s biggest human rights conference under pressure
Opinion
Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship: Amid Dire Straits for Multilateralism*
Disinformation and human cognition
Accommodating Security Imperatives v. Protecting Fundamental Rights
The Digital Unfitness of Mutual Legal Assistance
The Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter Origins Subsequent Developments in Law and Practice and (Mis)interpretation in the Context of Unilateral Secession Claims in the OSCE Area
“We do all we can to make this stick”
Albania prepares to take over OSCE Chairmanship in 2020 amid political crisis
Establishing justice and facilitating reconciliation
“Russia should honour its commitments”
Human Rights and Climate Change: Protecting the Right to Life of Individuals of Present and Future Generations
E.T. Phoned Home…They Know: The Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties in the Context of Foreign Surveillance
“Making the impossible a reality”: High-level security review conference opens in Vienna

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