Welcome to the Website of the OSC Staff Rights and Justice Initiative (OSC SRJI): The Staff deprived of human and livelihood rights at the OSC

The OSC Staff – Staff Rights and Justice Initiative (OSC SRJI) is an independent platform established by affected staff to uphold and promote the rights, dignity, and legitimate interests of staff members affected by the closure of the Organization of Southern Cooperation (OSC), without paying staff salaries, benefits and entitlements for a period of up to 16 months.

Our endeavour is rooted in a simple but fundamental principle: every employee deserves to be treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, and every employer has a responsibility to honour its contractual and moral obligations, especially during the process of an organization’s closure.

For over 15 months, without receiving salaries, dedicated staff members served the OSC with professionalism, integrity, and unwavering commitment despite extraordinary challenges and prolonged uncertainty. They fulfilled their responsibilities in good faith, believing that their service would be met with accountability and respect.

Today, those same staff members continue to face the consequences of prolonged unpaid salaries, outstanding contractual benefits, and limited institutional engagement. Behind every unresolved employment obligation is a person, a family, and a livelihood that deserves recognition and protection.

OSC SRJI provides a collective voice for affected staff, promotes constructive dialogue, advocates for transparent and lawful solutions, and encourages the peaceful resolution of outstanding employment matters. Our approach is guided by the principles of justice, respect, good governance, accountability, and the rule of law.

We believe that dialogue is stronger than silence, transparency is stronger than uncertainty, and cooperation is stronger than confrontation. We remain committed to engaging all stakeholders—including the Organization’s leadership, Member States, host-country authorities, and the international community—in pursuit of fair and sustainable solutions.

This platform serves as a source of accurate information, official updates, relevant documentation, and thoughtful analysis regarding matters affecting former and current OSC staff. It also reflects our commitment to ensuring that the experiences and contributions of staff members are acknowledged and that their legitimate rights are respected.

Justice is not merely about resolving outstanding obligations. It is about preserving human dignity, strengthening institutional accountability, and reaffirming the values upon which international organizations are built.

We invite all stakeholders, partners, and all those who care about resolving the dire humanitarian crisis facing OSC staff to support these good-faith efforts to ensure a constructive, respectful, and lawful path toward justice, reconciliation, institutional integrity, and the payment of outstanding salaries, benefits, and contractual entitlements that have remained unpaid for more than 15 months.

OSC Staff – Staff Rights and Justice Initiative (OSC SRJI)