Implementation of Commitments
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14. The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights is designated as the CSCE
institution charged with the tasks in connection with expert and rapporteur missions
according to the Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human
Dimension of the CSCE.
Helsinki 1992 (Decisions: VI. The Human Dimension)
(2) The participating States express their strong determination to ensure full respect
for human rights and fundamental freedoms, to abide by the rule of law, to promote the
principles of democracy and, in this regard, to build, strengthen and protect democratic
institutions, as well as to promote tolerance throughout society. To these ends, they will
broaden the operational framework of the CSCE, including by further enhancing the
ODIHR, so that information, ideas, and concerns can be exchanged in a more concrete
and meaningful way, including as an early warning of tension and potential conflict. In
doing so, they will focus their attention on topics in the Human Dimension of particular importance. They will therefore keep the strengthening of the Human Dimension
under constant consideration, especially in a time of change.
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Framework for monitoring compliance with CSCE commitments and for promoting
co-operation in the human dimension
(4) In order to strengthen and monitor compliance with CSCE commitments as well as
to promote progress in the Human Dimension, the participating States agree to enhance
the framework of their co-operation and to this end decide the following:
Enhanced role of the ODIHR
(5) Under the general guidance of the CSO and in addition to its existing tasks as set
out in the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and in the Prague Document on Further
Development of CSCE Institutions and Structures, the ODIHR will, as the main institution of the Human Dimension:
(5a) assist the monitoring of implementation of commitments in the Human Dimension by:
• serving as a venue for bilateral meetings under paragraph 2 and as a channel for information under paragraph 3 of the Human Dimension Mechanism as set out in the
Vienna Concluding Document;
• receiving any comments from States visited by CSCE missions of relevance to the
Human Dimension other than those under the Human Dimension Mechanism; it will
transmit the report of those missions as well as eventual comments to all participating
States with a view to discussion at the next implementation meeting or review conference;
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