Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) 2016 Highlights
Europe’s largest annual human rights conference, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), is taking place in Warsaw from 19 September to 30 September 2016.
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Open exchange of views vital to protecting human rights, strengthening democratic institutions, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Representative, OSCE Secretary General and ODIHR Director say at close of Warsaw Conference
The free and open exchange of views and information is vital to helping governments protect and promote human rights, fundamental freedoms and tolerance and non-discrimination, as well as to improve and strengthen democratic practices and institutions, Gernot Erler, Germany’s Special Representative for the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship, Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said today on the occasion of the closing of a two-week OSCE conference in Warsaw. Read more>>
Education, security and coalition-building at the heart of OSCE/ODIHR project on addressing anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) unveiled a project focused on addressing the security needs of Jewish communities, fostering coalition building among different communities, and countering anti-Semitism through education, at an event in Warsaw on 28 September 2016. The event opened with a panel discussion, organized as a side event during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Read more>>
Promoting public, political participation of Roma and Sinti fundamental to effective policy making, say OSCE/ODIHR conference participants
OSCE participating States should step up their efforts to ensure the full participation of Roma and Sinti in their societies, and particularly their inclusion in political life, said participants in the working session focusing on Roma and Sinti issues held on 28 September 2016 as part of the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw. Read more>>
Youth activists come together at OSCE/ODIHR workshop to identify strategies to effectively counter hate crime
Twenty youth activists from across the OSCE region participated in a workshop on countering hate crime organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) from 25 to 27 September 2016 in Warsaw. Read more>>
Co-operation between international organizations crucial to effectively assisting states in countering hate crime, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
Effective co-operation between international organizations to counter hate crimes was at the centre of discussion at a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 26 September 2016. Read more>>
OSCE media freedom representative and ODIHR Director congratulate Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving “Alternative Nobel Prize”
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today congratulated the daily Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving the Right Livelihood Award, more commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. Read more>>
Human rights protection key to effectively preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism, say participants at OSCE/ODIHR event
The attitude and behavior of the police before and during assemblies greatly influence the course these events take, said participants in a side event focusing on challenges and good practices in the area of human-rights complaint assembly policing held during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, on 21 September 2016. Read more>>
OSCE-Amnesty International side event participants call on participating States to uphold international human rights standards, OSCE commitments in policing assemblies
The attitude and behavior of the police before and during assemblies greatly influence the course these events take, said participants in a side event focusing on challenges and good practices in the area of human-rights complaint assembly policing held during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, on 21 September 2016. Read more>>
Importance of follow-up on electoral recommendations highlighted at OSCE/ODIHR event
The need to strengthen efforts to follow up on electoral assessments and recommendations was the focus of a side-event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw on 20 September 2016. Read more>>
OSCE participating States need to increase efforts to promote political and social participation of persons with disabilities
The challenges in promoting and securing the rights of persons with disabilities, ensuring their inclusion in the political and public life and in decision-making processes, as well as in promoting their unhindered participation in sport events, were discussed at a side event that took place on 20 September 2016 during the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. Read more>>
Maintaining a constant commitment to human rights the foundation of real security, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw
WARSAW, 19 September 2016 - OSCE participating States must focus on their commitments to defend human rights to effectively retain real security, speakers said at the opening of the 20th OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw today. Read more>>
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