Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation
Oxford Law Citator
Sign up for alerts
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Ulrich Fastenrath, Christian Fastenrath

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
October 2019

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2021. All Rights Reserved.date: 19 January 2021

Subject(s):
Arms control — Military assistance — Armed conflict, international — Collective security — Peace keeping

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (‘OSCE’) is the world’s largest regional security organization, stretching from Vancouver to Vladivostok (Collective Security). It is characterized by its comprehensive and cooperative approach to security, which comprises a politico-military dimension, an economic and environmental dimension, and a human dimension. Over the last decades, the OSCE has developed extensive expertise in early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. 2 The OSCE originated in the era of...
Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Please, subscribe or login to access all content.