News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Lithuania appoints its members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 16 March 2021
On 2 March 2021, the government of Lithuania appointed its conciliators, the arbitrator and his alternate for a new mandate of six years, in accordance with articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration releases its Annual Report 2020
Publishing date: 12 March 2021
The OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, based in Geneva, has published its annual report for the year 2020. The report gives an account of the activities undertaken throughout the year...
New members of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration appointed by Austria, Belarus and Portugal
Publishing date: 20 January 2021
Austria, Belarus and Portugal have renewed the mandates or, alternatively, appointed new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Court for new terms of six years after the previous mandates of their members expired.
Book launch and panel discussion organized by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE highlights conciliation as flexible method for settling disputes
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Conciliation as a flexible method for the peaceful settlement of disputes was the focus of a webinar held on 13 November 2020, and the launch of the book, Flexibility in International Dispute Settlement – Conciliation Revisited, which was edited by Christian Tomuschat (former President of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE and Member of the Court’s current Bureau) and Marcelo Kohen (Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva)...
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Emmanuel Decaux addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Professor Emmanuel Decaux addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 27 February 2020, where he invited signatory and third-party States to join the 34 States that are currently party to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 17 December 2019
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019...
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration publishes activity report for 2017–2019
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, based in Geneva, published its activity report for the period 2017–2019 on 26 November 2019, following the completion of the mandate of the outgoing Bureau of the Court, headed by Professor Christian Tomuschat, last month...