The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting as Europe's largest conference on human rights and democracy presents a platform for an assessment and an exchange of ideas on the implementation of commitments made within the OSCE’s human dimension. This year's conference was attended by a record number of 1500 participants and the meeting became a traditional opportunity for discussion and sharing of experience among representatives of the governments of the 57 OSCE participating States, international experts, civil society representatives and human rights activists. Standard topics related to democratic institutions, fundamental freedoms, humanitarian issues and tolerance and non-discrimination were complemented by specific issues like international covenants on human rights and their importance for the OSCE human dimension, freedom of assembly and association and the rights of the child.

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Statements of the Czech Republic at the OSCE HDIM 2016 can be found here:

• Working session 1: Democratic institutions
• Working session 6: Fundamental freedoms I
• Working Session 11: Tolerance and non-discrimination, including prevention and responses to hate crimes in the OSCE area, and combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, also focusing on intolerance on religious grounds
• Working session 14: Tolerance and non-discrimination, including ensuring equal opportunity for women and men in all spheres of life
• Working session 15: Equal opportunities for women and men in all spheres of life; Tolerance and non-discrimination, including Roma and Sinti issues
• Working session 15: Tolerance and non-discrimination, including Roma and Sinti issues, Right of reply
• Working session 16: Rights of the child