UK and Germany Unite Against Hybrid Threats
New partnership targets cyberattacks, sabotage and disinformation as a bilateral treaty enters into force The United Kingdom and Germany have announced closer…
Switzerland Unveils 18-Point Plan to Prevent Torture
Media-Society.com // Presented in Warsaw, the OSCE chairpersonship’s plan turns established human rights obligations into practical measures for detention, investigation and survivor…
HDIM and WHDC: What Is the Difference?
Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same…
Warsaw Rights Conference Turns to Rule of Law
Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first…
The Terabyte Nobody Pays For: What “Unlimited Free VPN” Really Costs
There’s a version of the internet where privacy costs nothing. It shows up at the top of app store searches, promises “unlimited…
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
DR Congo: Peace Deals Struggle to Contain Fighting as Ebola Crisis Deepens UNITED NATIONS, New York — The UN Security Council has…
Zug hosts the OSCE’s cyber moment: confidence-building for a battlefield with no line of contact
Zug — The OSCE’s flagship cybersecurity conference of the Swiss chairmanship opened in Zug today, bringing diplomats, engineers and officials together for…
At St Gallen, the OSCE confronts an antisemitism wave its commitments were written to prevent
St Gallen — The OSCE’s first major conference under the Swiss chairmanship convened in St Gallen on 9 and 10 February, on…
Milano Cortina opens the most spread-out Olympics ever: two cauldrons, four clusters and a farewell to San Siro
MILAN — The Winter Olympics came home to the mountains on Friday night, and did so in a way no Games has…
In Kyiv, the OSCE’s new leaders say they stand ready to monitor a ceasefire that does not yet exist
Kyiv — The OSCE’s chairman-in-office and secretary general travelled to Kyiv on 2 February, carrying a message carefully balanced between solidarity and…