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New Technologies, Human Rights and Civic Space: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II
Conference
- Date:
- Location:
- Hofburg, Vienna
- Organized by:
- The Swiss OSCE Chairpersonship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
- Series:
- Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings
- Source:
- OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Fields of work:
- Human rights
About
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 implementation of specific OSCE commitments in the human dimension.
In 2026, the OSCE will hold three supplementary human dimension meetings. The first, on 16–17 March, will focus on democratic lawmaking for resilience. The second, on 11–12 May, will examine new technologies, human rights, and civic space. The third, on 29–30 June, will focus on torture prevention and multilateralism.
Topic
The second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of 2026 will focus on new technologies, human rights, and civic space.
Please revisit this page closer to the meeting date, or contact us if you need more information.
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 human dimension experience from the OSCE region. The Partners for Co-operation are invited to attend and contribute on 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
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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 meeting modalities 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
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Contact
Meeting co-ordination: Lauren Baranowska, Human Dimension Meetings Officer, lauren.baranowska@odihr.pl.
Registration, side events and other enquiries: hdmeetings@odihr.pl.
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