Lawmaking for Democratic Resilience: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting I

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.

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 Permanent Council decision (PC.DEC/476, 23 May 2002).

The first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of 2026 will focus on threats to democratic lawmaking and the role of preventive safeguards, the contribution of civil society and independent oversight, and the importance of judicial review and accountability throughout the legislative process.

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. Interpretation will be provided in the six official OSCE languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. Livestreaming of the meeting will be available on this page, in the language spoken, without interpretation.  

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.

Registration for this conference is now closed.

The booking of side events for this conference is now closed.

A full list of scheduled side events is available in the PDF in the Resources section below.

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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