ODIHR’s mandate on migration, freedom of movement and displaced persons

This page helps you quickly find the main documents explaining ODIHR's mandate and guiding our work on on migration, freedom of movement and displaced persons.

Migration commitments:

• Ljubljana Ministerial Decision No. 2 on migration (2005)
• Ministerial Document No.6/06, Ministerial Statement on Migration
• Athens Ministerial Decision No. 5/09, Migration Management
• Hamburg Ministerial Decision No.3/16, OSCE's Role in the Governance of Large Movements of Migrants and Refugees

Freedom of movement:

• Helsinki 1975 (Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields) pp. 36-38
• Vienna 1989 (Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting) para. 20, p.9; and paras. 1-32, p. 25-29.
• Copenhagen 1990, paras 9.5; 10.4;19-19.4.
• Paris 1990 (Charter of Paris for a New Europe), pp. 4 and 7.
• Hamburg 2016 Decision No. 4/16 on Strengthening Good Governance and Promoting Connectivity

Displaced persons:

• Helsinki 1992 (Decisions: VI. The Human Dimension) (paras. 39-46)
• Stockholm 1992 (Decisions: 2. The CSCECSCE
  Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe as a Community of Values)
• Lisbon 1996 (Summit Declaration) paras. 9-10
• Istanbul 1999 (Charter for European Security: III. Our Common Response)
• Maastricht 2003 (Decision No. 4/03 on Tolerance and Non-discrimination)
• Ljubljana 2005 Decision No. 14/05