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No more dead, no more wounded!
Following up on their report of 8 July 2019, the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (MP, Cyprus) and former chair Margareta Kiener Nellen (MP, Switzerland) held a series of meetings yesterday in Mariupol related to the humanitarian situation in the heavily conflict impacted region of southeast Ukraine.
Stoppt diesen Krieg in der Ukraine!
Die Situation der Zivilbevölkerung im Osten der Ukraine ist wegen des Kriegs inakzeptabel. Der ständige Menschenrechtsausschuss der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (PV OSZE) verlangt darum dringend, dass die – in den Minsker Abkommen von vier Seiten unterzeichnete – Waffenruhe umgesetzt wird und das humanitäre Völkerrecht sowie die Menschenrechte respektiert werden.
PV OSZE-Konferenz in Luxemburg
Kazakhstan election condemned by international observers
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48580226
Kazakh vote tarnished by violations of fundamental freedoms: OSCE
International election observers present preliminary findings and conclusions in Kazakhstan
International election observers in Kazakhstan to hold news conference on Monday
Who:
Statement of preliminary findings and conclusions:
George Tsereteli, Special Co-ordinator and leader of the OSCE short-term observer mission
Followed by statements from:
Margareta Kiener Nellen, Head of the OSCE PA delegation
Urszula Gacek, Head of the ODIHR election observation mission
- International election observers in Kazakhstan (PDF 638 KB)
International election observation mission
- STATEMENT OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS (PDF 280 KB)
Human drama for people near contact line in Ukraine intolerable
Margareta Kiener Nellen and Kyriakos Hadjiyianni, the Chair and Rapporteur of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, respectively, today wrapped up a five-day mission to Ukraine, which included visits to the contact line in the east of the country, a centre for internally displaced persons, and medical facilities. Following the visit, which was supported by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), the PA delegation stressed that renewed conflict resolution efforts, freedom of movement for civilians, and concrete humanitarian measures are urgently needed in Ukraine.
Schweizer Delegation nimmt an der 140. Versammlung der IPU in Doha teil
Die Schweizer Delegation setzt sich wie folgt zusammen:
- Ständerat Andrea Caroni (FDP, AR), Delegationspräsident
- Nationalrat Christian Lohr (CVP, TG), Delegationsvizepräsident
- Nationalrätin Margret Kiener Nellen (SP, BE)
- Ständerat Filippo Lombardi (CVP, TI)
- Nationalrat Felix Müri (SVP, LU)
- Nationalrat Laurent Wehrli (FDP, VD)
Mission Wahlkontrolle in der Ukraine
Mini-Seminar on elections at the Swiss Residence in Poland
Her presentations of her work, her institutions and her network with Switzerland was most appreciated.
OSCE parliamentarians call for immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine conflict zones
Committee Chair Margareta Kiener Nellen (MP, Switzerland) and Committee Rapporteur Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (MP, Cyprus) met today in Kyiv with Iryna Gerashchenko, the Ukrainian President’s Humanitarian Envoy at the Minsk peace talks, Artur Gerasymov, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the OSCE PA, and Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor with the OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine, and other officials and experts.
Asian Forum for Human Rights
- Press Release vom 22.11.2018 (PDF 65 KB)
139. Sitzung der Interparlamentarischen Union
Un quart des élues disent avoir été harcelées dans les parlements européens
- Le temps 17.10.2018 (PDF 270 KB)
#IPU139 : les parlements demandent des mesures immédiates pour lutter contre les changements climatiques
Schweizer Delegation nimmt an IPU-Herbstversammlung in Genf teil
OSCE PA human rights leaders concerned at detentions of Turkish opposition members
Some 90 people were reportedly detained by Turkish police on Tuesday over suspected links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The People’s Democratic Party reports that more than 200 people have been detained over several days, including dozens of party administrators and members.
Following these reports, the officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Chair Margareta Kiener Nellen (MP, Switzerland), Vice-Chair Michael Georg Link (MP, Germany), and Rapporteur Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (MP, Cyprus) issued the following statement:
“The widespread detentions and harassment of political opponents in Turkey must stop. Particularly with local elections coming next year, it is crucial that parties and candidates can present their views and qualifications free of pressure from the government. The very real security concerns faced by Turkey must not be misused by the authorities to target their opponents,” they said.
OSCE PA human rights leaders deplore non-transparent candidate registration in Afghanistan elections
In advance of the 20 October parliamentary elections to be held in Afghanistan, the leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee express their deep concern at the arbitrary exclusion of candidates from running for office.
The officers of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Chair Margareta Kiener Nellen (MP, Switzerland), Vice-Chair Michael Georg Link (MP, Germany), and Rapporteur Kyriakos Hadjiyianni (MP, Cyprus) issued the following statement:
“Elections are fundamentally intended to be a process through which people can select their decision-makers. Candidates must not be excluded from running based on unclear grounds.
High-level OSCE PA participation at Europe’s largest human rights conference
Several leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have actively participated over the past two weeks in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the Italian OSCE Chairmanship, speaking at working sessions on democracy, fundamental freedoms, rights of migrants, human trafficking, and freedom of the media.
The OSCE PA was also represented by Vice-Presidents Isabel Santos (Portugal) and Kari Henriksen (Norway), and human rights committee Chair Margareta Kiener Nellen (Switzerland), who spoke at several working sessions of the meeting. Kiener Nellen noted that parliamentarians have an important role to play in promoting tolerance and non-discrimination.
“Through the enacting of relevant legislation aimed at combating hate crimes and hate speech, and promoting equal rights and opportunities, parliaments have a strong tool at their disposal to improve the situation qualitatively,” she said.
Auszug aus dem Press Release OSCE, COPENHAGEN, 21 September 2018
General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions
She is a member of the Swiss National Council since 2003 for the social-democratic party and of the Financial Oversight Delegation of the Swiss Parliament since 2018. She joined the Committee on Finance in 2003 and served as its President from 2010 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2017. She was also part of the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2011 to 2015 and of the Committee on Courts from 2007 to 2011.
She is the head of the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE PA and has a legal background specialization in human rights, constitutional and criminal law.
Sommerkonferenz der PV OSZE in Berlin
Schweiz fordert Strategierahmen für die Sicherheitssektorreform der OSZE
nukleare Abrüstung – Frauen fordern
Joint statement commemorating International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (May 24) and the 175th birthday anniversary of Bertha von Suttner (June 8), the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. May 20, 2018
PNND Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and DisarmamentThe increased threats of nuclear-weapons-use by accident, miscalculation or intent led the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists earlier this year to move the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 2 Minutes to Midnight,' says Margret Kiener Nellen MP (Switzerland), President of the Swiss delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
‘Nuclear reliant governments must reverse these trends by taking all weapons systems off high alert, committing to never use nuclear weapons first, and commencing negotiations on the complete prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons, as urged by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.’
IPU 14.-18. Oktober 2017 St. Petersburg
OSZE in Andorra, 3.- 5. Oktober 2017
Magret Kiener Nellen spricht für die Schweizer Parlamentsdelegation zur Aussenpolitik der Schweiz, besonders zur Klimapolitik.
OSCE PA 26th Annual Session, Minsk, 2017
Website: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Schweizer Delegation an der Konferenz der IPU in Dhaka
Die Interparlamentarische Union (IPU) führt vom 1.-5. April 2017 in Dhaka (Bangladesch) ihre Frühjahrs-Vollversammlung durch. Mitglieder der IPU sind die nationalen Parlamente von 171 Staaten. Hauptthemen der Konferenz sind die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Parlamenten zur Umsetzung der Nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele (SDG) sowie das Spannungsfeld zwischen nationaler Souveränität und Völkerrechtsnormen. Die Schweiz ist durch eine Delegation von drei Mitgliedern des Nationalrates und zwei Mitgliedern des Ständerates an dieser internationalen Parlamentskonferenz vertreten.
Medienmitteilung am 27. März 2017 vom IPU Sekretariat der Schweizer Delegation bei der Interparlamentarischen Union
World MPs in drive to end extreme inequalities
Als OSZE-Wahlbeobachterin in Washington D.C./USA am 6.11.2016
Mein Vortrag zur dringend nötigen nuklearen Abrüstung im Rahmen der OSZE-Konferenz in Tbilisi/Georgien
Schweiz an der 25. Jahrestagung der PV OSZE in Georgien
Die Schweizer Delegation bei der parlamentarischen Versammlung der OSZE (PV OSZE) wird auf Initiative ihres Präsidenten, Ständerat Filippo Lombardi, an der 25. Jahrestagung der Organisation, die vom 1. bis 5. Juli 2016 in Tiflis (Georgien) stattfindet, zwei Resolutionen über den Dialog und die interparlamentarische Zusammenarbeit vorlegen.
Menschenrechte, ein Trumpf für Schweizer Wahlbeobachter
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enrechte, ein Trumpf für Schweizer Wahlbeobachter
IPU Hearing - Swiss delegation
Delegation bei der Interparlamentarischen Union
Menschenrechtsverletzungen von 320 Parlamentsmitgliedern von 43 Länder:
Communiqué de presse