The Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide opportunity for dialogue and exchange of views between participating States, and civil society actors on the existing good practices and challenges about specific topics.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) III - Human Rights and Education: Promoting human rights, peaceful coexistence and security in the OSCE region through education
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) will offer a platform to OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and executive structures, international organisations, civil society organizations and academic experts to discuss the current state of play when it comes to advancing human rights education and access to education. It will explore initiatives and programs meant to facilitate and support policy making as well as opportunities to leverage new information technologies for advancing human rights education and promoting the right to education.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) II: Countering Violence against Women – Everyone’s Responsibility
The second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of Countering Violence against Women – Everyone’s Responsibility will take place in Vienna on 2 and 3 July 2018. The meeting is organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and in co-ordination with the Gender Section of the Office of the Secretary General (OSG/GS).
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) I: Child Trafficking - From Prevention to Protection
The first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of Child Trafficking - From Prevention to Protection will take place in Vienna on 28 and 29 May 2018. The meeting is organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and in co-ordination with the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB).
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) - Access to Justice as a Key Element of the Rule of Law
A Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of Access to Justice as a Key Element of the Rule of Law will take place in Vienna on 16 and 17 November 2017. The meeting is co-organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) - The Role of Free Media in the Comprehensive Approach to Security
The Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of The Role of the Free Media in the Comprehensive Approach to Security will take place in Vienna from 2 - 3 November 2017. The meeting is co-organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE Representative on the Freedom of Media (RFOM) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) I: Freedom of Religion or Belief: Issues, Opportunities, and the Specific Challenges of Combatting Anti-Semitism and Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Muslims, and Members of Other Religions
The Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of Freedom of Religion or Belief: Issues, Opportunities, and the Specific Challenges of Combatting Anti-Semitism and Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Muslims, and Members of Other Religions will take place in Vienna from 22 to 23 June 2017. The meeting is organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). It will provide an opportunity for participants to take stock of OSCE human dimension commitments in the sphere of freedom of religion or belief and tolerance and non-discrimination in the wake of current and emerging issues in the OSCE region, to clarify and explore the multi-faceted dimensions of this right and its contribution to security, exchange views on good practices, and to offer recommendations.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) III: National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration will take place in Vienna from 10 to 11 November 2016. The meeting is organized by the German OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).
The meeting will address the topic of National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration. It aims to encourage a discussion of the bridge building role and potential of national minority issues across the OSCE area and to explore the opportunities which lie in the variety of connections that can be built upon diverse societies to promote peace, security and economic development both within and between states.
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) II: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media with a Special Focus on Conflict Situations, Including Protection of Journalists and Reporting during Armed Conflict
OSCE participating States have long acknowledged the urgent need to improve the safety of journalists working in the OSCE region, and affirmed their commitment to do so on a number of occasions. They agreed to adopt all feasible measures to protect journalists engaged in dangerous professional missions, particularly in cases of armed conflict, and to co-operate to that effect (Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1991). They also condemned all attacks on and harassment of journalists and affirmed their readiness to hold those directly responsible for such attacks and harassment accountable (Budapest Document, Summit of Heads of State or Government, 1994).
In accordance with these decisions, the German OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will organize the second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) of 2016 on the following topic: “Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media with a Special Focus on Conflict Situations, Including Protection of Journalists and Reporting During Armed Conflict”. The meeting will take place from 27 to 28 October 2016 in Vienna.