Inclusion as a way to promote tolerance and non-discrimination: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III
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Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide a platform for an exchange of views between OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions, international organizations, civil society, and other stakeholders to discuss the implementation of specific OSCE commitments in the human dimension.
Topic
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of 2025 will discuss the importance of inclusion to promote tolerance and combat discrimination.
The first session will centre on the need for a greater understanding of the interconnected nature of identities and experiences of intolerance, discrimination, including their impact on victims.
The second session will look at the importance of interfaith, interreligious and intercultural dialogue and cooperation to increase tolerance and combat discrimination and their role in promoting social inclusion, social cohesion, peace and security. Participants will also discuss the need for dialogue itself to be inclusive, with a particular focus on gender equality and the role of young people.
Finally, the third session will discuss means to promote greater tolerance by increasing the participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, minority communities and others who may be underrepresented in the policymaking process.
Participants
Representatives of the 57 OSCE participating States and OSCE institutions and structures will be joined by representatives of international organizations, civil society organizations, media and other stakeholders. The Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting is open to those with relevant experience in the human dimension from the OSCE region. The Partners for Co-operation are invited to attend and contribute with respect to their co-operation and links with the OSCE in the field.
This meeting will be held in person only. In order to attend, participants need to register in advance before the deadline indicated below.
Registration
Online registration for the conference is open at https://meetings.odihr.pl and will close on Friday, 23 May, at 13:00 CET.
It is advisable to register well in advance. To facilitate the timely processing of registrations, it is important that user account information on https://meetings.odihr.pl is both complete and up to date. To assist with registration, a user guide is available in English and Russian.
Modalities
Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings are mandated meetings, organized within the framework of the Permanent Council by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, with support from ODIHR and other OSCE Institutions.
The modalities of the meeting are set out in the decision of the Permanent Council (PC.DEC/476, 23 May 2002).
Interpretation will be provided in the six official OSCE languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Side events
Registered participants are welcome to request a side event slot at https://meetings.odihr.pl between 20 May at 13.00 CET and 27 May at 13.00 CET.
To assist participants in requesting a slot, a user guide is available in the resources section.
Contact
Meeting co-ordination: Martin Toplišek, Human Dimension Meetings Officer, ODIHR (martin.toplisek@odihr.pl).
Programme enquiries: Kishan Manocha, Head, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, ODIHR (kishan.manocha@odihr.pl)
Registration, side events and other enquiries: hdmeetings@odihr.pl.
More information about the event and participation will be published on this webpage in the coming weeks.