30th Anniversary: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani addresses the conference marking the institution’s 30th anniversary at the Peace Palace, The Hague, 24 October 2023. (OSCE/Arnaud Roelofsz)

Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, U.S. Department of State Desirée Cormier Smith addresses the conference marking the institution’s 30th anniversary at the Peace Palace, The Hague, 24 October 2023. (OSCE/Arnaud Roelofsz)

From left: William Romans, Head of Operations, Dispute Resolution, World Bank Accountability Mechanism; Andreea Cârstocea, Senior Researcher, Head of the Equality and Inclusion Cluster, European Centre for Minority Issues; Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor of Nationalism, European Institute & Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science; Fernand de Varennes, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Ireland-Galway and Visiting Professor at the Université Catholique de Lyon; Jennifer Croft, City Ombudsman at the City of Portland; and Elzbieta Kuzborska-Pacha, Senior Legal Adviser, OSCE HCNM present the HCNM’s latest publication, the Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Social and Economic Life, as part of the institution’s 30th anniversary conference at the Peace Palace, The Hague, 24 October 2023. (OSCE/Arnaud Roelofsz)

OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid addresses the conference marking the institution’s 30th anniversary at the Peace Palace, The Hague, 24 October 2023. (OSCE/Arnaud Roelofsz)