42    ANNEXES HUMAN DIMENSION MEETINGS 2016 The 57 OSCE participating States have decided to review and discuss the application of their commitments in the human dimension of security at annual meetings called human dimension meetings. This year marked the 20th large-scale Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) organized in Warsaw for this purpose. HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING (HDIM) The HDIM is organized in Warsaw, once a year, for all participating States to discuss implementation of OSCE human dimension commitments. This year’s took place from 19 to 30 September. The HDIM address all range of human dimension commitments and there is special focus on three topics chosen every year. This year’s HDIM had three special topics: International Covenants on Human Rights and their Importance for the OSCE Human Dimension; Freedom of Assembly and Association; and the Rights of the Child. This year HDIM had a record breaking 1,502 participants. For all HDIM related materials visit osce.org/odihr/hdim_2016. Ambassador Eberhard Pohl, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council (c), and Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General (r), listen as Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, addresses the closing session of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, 30 September 2016. (OSCE/Daniel Wellman) SUPPLEMENTARY HUMAN DIMENSION MEETINGS (SHDMS) SHDMs are informal meetings organized by the OSCE Chairmanship and ODIHR, in co-operation with other OSCE institutions and executive structures, to discuss key substantive concerns raised at the previous HDIMs or OSCE review conferences. The first SHDM of 2016 brought together 185 experts to discuss Policies and Strategies to Further Promote Tolerance and Non-Discrimination on 14 and 15 April. The second on 27 and 28 October covered Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media with a Special Focus on Conflict Situations, Including Protection of Journalists and Reporting during Armed Conflict and had 170 participants. On 10 and 11 November, the final SHDM of 2016 focused on National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration and had 157 participants. HUMAN DIMENSION SEMINAR (HDS) Judge Adenike Balogun (United Kingdom) participates in the side event “Diversity and the Judiciary: Promoting Full and Equal Participation of Women and Minorities” during the 2016 OSCE Human Dimension Seminar, 22 November 2016, Warsaw. (OSCE/ Piotr Markowski) Organized in Warsaw by ODIHR under the guidance of the OSCE Chairmanship, the annual seminar addresses specific topic and questions of particular relevance to the human dimension and of current political concern. Promoting effective and integral justice systems: how to ensure the independence and quality of the judiciary was the topic discussed by 109 participants at this year’s HDS from 21 to 23 November.