The Role of Civil Society in the Promotion and Protection of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III

Topic

The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting of 2023 will explore the role of civil society organizations in promoting and protecting tolerance and combating discrimination, as well as assessing the effectiveness of their efforts and discussing the best means of providing them with the space and support they need to carry out their work.

Participants will focus on three interconnected themes. The first session will highlight civil society strategies to help young people learn about respect for diversity and to address intolerance and hate in the online space through public educational initiatives. The second session will focus on civil society contributions to counter intolerance and discrimination against communities who often find themselves the target of hatred, including Roma and Sinti as well as migrants and refugees. Finally, participants will consider the role and effectiveness of collaboration between different civil society organizations or together with state authorities, to improve the situation across the OSCE region.

Participants

The Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting will bring together representatives of OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and structures, international organizations, civil society, media and other stakeholders with relevant experience in the topic. 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.

Registration

Registration is closed.

Live streaming

The event is livestreamed on this page.

Modalities

The modalities of the meeting are set out in accordance with the decision of the Permanent Council (PC.DEC/476, 23 May 2002).

The meeting will start with the opening session, followed by three working sessions and the closing session.

Interpretation will be provided into the six official OSCE languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Side events

Side events are an opportunity for participants to discuss aspects relevant to the topic of the event, which have not been fully covered during the working sessions.

Booking of side event slots is closed. Number of slots was limited.

Contact

Meeting co-ordination: Mr. Martin Toplišek, Human Dimension Meetings Officer at martin.toplisek@odihr.pl

Programme enquiries: Mr. Kishan Manocha, Head, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department at kishan.manocha@odihr.pl

Registration and other enquiries: hdmeetings@odihr.pl

More information about the event and how to participate will be published on this webpage.