HUMAN RIGHTS Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (second left), speaking at the Opening session of the 2014 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Warsaw, 22 September 2014. Chairmanship and the Civic Solidarity Platform – a network of NGOs. The Forum gathered some 50 representatives of civil society organizations from North America, and Central and Eastern Europe, and served as a platform to discuss the prevention of torture, the right to privacy and data protection and non-discrimination. Recommendations made during the Civil Society Forum were subsequently presented at the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting. In July, in collaboration with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, ODIHR organized a workshop on the concept and models of national preventive mechanisms for participants from the Office of the Ombudsperson of Uzbekistan, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministries of Justice, Interior and Health, the penitentiary system administration and civil society organizations Experts from the Polish and Slovenian national preventive mechanisms shared their good practices, challenges and experiences with participants. Human Rights in the Economic Crisis The October Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting provided a forum for discussion of how the economic crisis has impacted human rights implementation in the OSCE area. Organized in Vienna by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and ODIHR, the meeting was attended by officials from OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, and representatives of civil society organizations, OSCE field presences, intergovernmental organizations and of other relevant actors. Discussions highlighted the need for greater attention by participating States to mitigating and overcoming the adverse impact of the crisis on the enjoyment of human rights, and on vulnerable groups in particular. ODIHR Annual Report 2014 49