Highlights from the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw
17 September 2019
ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir meeting Lech Wałęsa, leader of the Solidarity movement and former President of Poland, on the sidelines of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Lech Wałęsa, leader of the Solidarity movement and former President of Poland, talking to ODIHR Director Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir on the sidelines of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, in which he participated as the keynote speaker. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), addresses participants in the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the Solidarity movement and former President of Poland, delivering a keynote speech during the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Jacek Czaputowicz, the Polish Foreign Minister, speaking during the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Miroslav Lajčák, Foreign Minister of Slovakia and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, addressing participants in the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
George Tsereteli, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, delivers his remarks during the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Civil society speakers at the opening plenary session of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Harlem Désir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, speaking at the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Thomas Greminger, OSCE Secretary General, addressing participants in the opening plenary session of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE)
Lamberto Zannier (r), OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, speaking at the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, as Thomas Greminger (l), the OSCE Secretary General, listens. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Miroslav Lajčák, Foreign Minister of Slovakia and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, talking to journalists after the opening of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 16 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
Speakers discussing the participation of people with disabilities in political and public life at an ODIHR-sponsored HDIM side event, 16 September 2019 in Warsaw. (OSCE/Piotr Dziubak)
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented its new Handbook for the Observation of Election Dispute Resolution at an event in Warsaw on 17 September 2019, on the margins of the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. (OSCE/Maria Kuchma)
Nino Tsagareishvili, co-director of the Human Rights Center in Tbilisi, speaking at an event on freedom of peaceful assembly organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. 19 September 2019. (OSCE/Maria Kuchma)
Augusta Featherston (l), Youth Focal Point and Democratic Governance Officer at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Eduardo Carrasco Arrano (c), Counselor at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the OSCE and Pablo Rojas Coppari (r), ODIHR Migration and Freedom of Movement Adviser, discuss ways to engage young migrants into political and public life at an ODIHR event held during the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. (OSCE/Agnieszka Rembowska)
Kishan Manocha, ODIHR Senior Adviser on Freedom of Religion or Belief, speaks at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw, 19 September 2019. (OSCE/Katya Andrusz)
Elisabeth Duban, independent expert and contributor to the ODIHR guide "Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty", speaking at a launch event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the margins of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, as Graziella Pavone, ODIHR Human Rights Officer, listens. Warsaw, 23 September 2019. (OSCE/Maria Kuchma)
Christie Edwards, Deputy Head of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), highlights the role of education in effectively preventing and addressing anti-Semitism, intolerance against Muslims and other forms of discrimination at an ODIHR event in Warsaw. The event took place during the annual OSCE human rights conference, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. 24 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)
Cristina Finch, Head of the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), addressing participants in an ODIHR event on countering hate crime and supporting victims held on the margins of the 2019 Human Dimension Meeting. Warsaw, 25 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)
Alen Umer from the Local Youth Council of Shuto Orizari, North Macedonia, addresses participants in an event on increasing the participation of Roma and Sinti youth in public and political life. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the margins of the 2019 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. Warsaw, 25 September 2019. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), speaking at an event on countering racism, intolerance and violence against Roma and Sinti, which was organized by ODIHR in Warsaw on 26 September 2019 on the margins of the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. On the right is Dan Pavel Doghi, Chief of the ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues; on the left - Ismael Cortés, member of the Spanish Parliament. (OSCE/Piotr Markowski)