Coalitions of the caring

The OSCE is thus the oldest, largest inter-state promotion organization,2 based in the most democratic region of the world; it is a best case organization, and a model of the full range of possibilities. [...] They will promote and encourage the effective exercise of civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other rights and freedoms all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the human person.” It further recognizes “the right of the individual to know and act upon his rights and duties in this field.” The term human dimension is used to indicate a broader swath of activities regarding demo [...] The OSCE states that it is “a community of values.” These values are explicitly framed as an international concern in the 1991 Moscow Document, which states that “the commitments undertaken in the field of the human dimension of the CSCE are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned.” In the 199 [...] Beyond the organization’s own activities, the CSCE provided an enormous stimulus to the development of the international human rights movement by inspiring the formation of Helsinki monitoring groups in numerous countries (which later Coalitions of the Caring: Inter-State Networks for Human Rights. [...] In the wake of the Cold War, the creation of new states in Europe enlarged the membership of the OSCE; additional states adhered to human rights standards; and the organization established partnerships with a cluster of Mediterranean and later Asian states.