OSCE Human Dimension Commitments. A Reference Guide
- Document number
- 1202
- Date
- 2001
- Title
- OSCE Human Dimension Commitments. A Reference Guide
- Author/publisher
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
- Summary
- The selection of commitments contained in the thematic and the chronological parts of this publication has been made on the basis of a definition of the term .human dimension. as it is used today, encompassing all aspects related to human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy, tolerance and the rule of law, as well as to national minorities, human contacts and international humanitarian law.1 In addition, the compilation includes provisions for mechanisms to monitor the implementation of these commitments as well as the mandates of all OSCE institutions active in the field of the human dimension. The documents used for this publication were signed, or otherwise adopted, by various high.level CSCE/OSCE forums. While these documents do not have the character of legally binding treaties under international law, they represent political commitments, adopted by consensus and binding on each participating State. The human dimension provisions contained in this compilation are laid down in the documents that emerged from Summits, Follow.up Meetings, Conferences on the Human Dimension, and, where relevant, Ministerial Council Meetings since 1975. Also included are documents which were produced by relevant expert meetings and later incorporated in the CSCE/OSCE body of commitments by other forums. Provisions relating to mandates of OSCE institutions can be found in the thematic part only. All other commitments can be found in both the thematic and the chronological parts. While the goal of this publication is to present a comprehensive account of the OSCE.s normative basis in the field of the human dimension, no attempt has been made to produce a complete inventory of every part of a sentence that could possibly be conceived to have a human dimension aspect.
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