DUSHANBE, 20 July 2011. – The Preparatory Human Dimension Implementation Meeting supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to discuss human rights issues in Tajikistan will be held on 21 and 22 July.

The meeting, held ahead of the OSCE-wide annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, serves as an open forum for dialogue between government and civil society. This year’s sessions will focus on mechanisms for human rights protection, freedom from torture, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, access to justice, human rights and counter-terrorism, property rights and forced resettlement, rights of individuals belonging to national minorities, rights of persons with disabilities and children’s rights.

Journalists are invited to the opening at 9:00am on 21 July as well as the sessions on both days at Kokhi Vahdat.

Contacts: [url=Shakhnoza.Mansurova@osce.org]Shakhnoza.Mansurova@osce.org[/url], Tel.: +992-(37)-2265014/-15/-16/-17