ODIHR Important for Democracy and Human Rights in Europe.
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has vigorously upheld the rule of law and democracy, threatened by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ambassador Guðni Bragason, Permanent Representative of Iceland, at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 14th May 2020. At the meeting the Director of ODIHR, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, introduced her report for the year 2019. The Permanent Representative emphasized the importance of ODIHR´s election monitoring, its work in for the benefit of human rights defenders, gender equality and civil society organisations.
Statement of the Permanent Representative of Iceland, 14 May 2020