Open Dialogue Foundation

ODF was founded in 2009 in Warsaw, Poland and officially registered in 2010{{cite web |url=https://ekrs.ms.gov.pl/web/wyszukiwarka-krs#_48_INSTANCE_j9bTqzHkxEEl_%25253Dwyszukiwaniepodmiotu%2525253Ft%2525253Alb%2525253Dt%253D%2526_48_INSTANCE_j9bTqzHkxEEl_%253Dwyszukiwaniepodmiotu%25253Ft%25253Alb%25253Dt%3D%26_48_INSTANCE_j9bTqzHkxEEl_%3Ddanepodmiotu |title=Polish National Registry of Enterprises entry on ODF |publisher=Ministry of Justice |access-date=4 June 2019}} by Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Ukrainian national from Sevastopol, Crimea.{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/spoleczenstwo/fundacja-otwarty-dialog-rozmowa-z-prezeska-ludmila-kozlowska/8g42zcd |title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog, czyli wróg publiczny numer jeden PiS-u i Jarosława Kaczyńskiego (English: Open Dialogue Foundation, public enemy number one of Law and Justice and Jarosław Kaczyński) |author=Paweł Reszka |newspaper=Newsweek Polska |access-date=4 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2016/05/11/7108046/ |title=Правозащитница Козловская: В отношении Савченко должна заработать тихая дипломатия (English: Human right activist Kozlovska: In Savchenko case quiet diplomacy should work) |author=Anastasiya Ringis |newspaper=Ukrayinska Pravda |access-date=4 June 2019}} Kozlovska moved to Poland after the Orange Revolution in order to study. She had been a civic activist since the age of 13, when she opened the first Ukrainian library in Sevastopol. As a teenager she organized protests under the headquarters of the Russian Federation's Black Sea Fleet.

Kozlovska launched ODF following a human rights forum on Central Asia she had organized in Poland in 2008 with activists from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan and after having met Andrzej Grzyb MEP, who invited her to the European Parliament to speak on human rights in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Initially, ODF based its activities on experiences of student movements and civic organisations that developed from the Orange Revolution.

In 2023 ODF was granted Participatory Status with the Council of Europe, with areas of competence i.a. in democracy, strengthening civil society, human rights, prevention of torture, European integration, rule of law and fighting against corruption.{{Cite web |last=Council of Europe |title=Council of Europe INGOs Database - search results for "Open Dialogue Foundation" |url=https://coe-ngo.org/#/ingos |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Council of Europe}}

ODF became known in Poland following its support for the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine.{{cite news |url=https://www.wprost.pl/433705/Polacy-prowadza-w-Kijowie-misje-obserwacyjna |title=Polacy prowadzą w Kijowie misję obserwacyjną (English: Poles run a monitoring mission in Kyiv) |newspaper=Wprost |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rp.pl/artykul/1080781-Polacy-rozbili-namiot-na-Majdanie.html |title=Polacy rozbili namiot na Majdanie (English: Poles pitched a tent on the Maidan) |newspaper=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/1,54420,15362756,Solidarni_z_euromajdanem_na_pl__Konstytucji__WIDEO_.html |title=Solidarni z euromajdanem na pl. Konstytucji (English: Showing solidarity with the Euromaidan on Constitution square) |newspaper=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=5 June 2019}} The foundation organised 3 monitoring missions between November 2013 and January 2014 with Polish MPs Michał Jaros, Tomasz Makowski, Michał Szczerba and Marcin Święcicki and 3 concerts at the Euromaidan. In January 2014 it started a long-term monitoring mission and opened a permanent tent at the Euromaidan with the goal to "monitor the situation, support visits of international observers and share knowledge on the European Union". The mission lasted 56 days and included around 30 volunteers on the ground, with a total of 480 volunteers involved with the foundation between January and April 2014.{{cite web |url=https://publicystyka.ngo.pl/polsko-ukrainski-dialog-otwarty |title=Polsko-ukraiński dialog otwarty (English: Polish-Ukrainian open dialogue) |date=9 April 2014 |publisher=ngo.pl |access-date=5 June 2019}} The ODF tent was the only permanent presence of an NGO from the European Union at the Euromaidan.

ODF organised a mass humanitarian support campaign for the Euromaidan,{{cite web |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/1715314,1,czym-rzadowi-pis-narazila-sie-fundacja-otwarty-dialog.read |title=Czym rządowi PiS naraziła się fundacja Otwarty Dialog? (English: How the Open Dialogue Foundation became a target for the Law and Justice government) |author=Jagienka Wilczak |date=7 August 2017 |publisher=Polityka |access-date=5 June 2019}} sending a total of 35 tons of medicine, medical supplies, bulletproof vests and helmets to the protesters, journalists and observers, 10 tons of which went to the Donbas region.{{cite news |url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/05/24/poland-transferred-over-10-tons-of-humanitarian-aid-to-donbas/ |title=Poland transferred over 10 tons of humanitarian aid to Donbas |newspaper=Euromaidan Press |access-date=5 June 2019}} The total value of humanitarian aid delivered by ODF to Ukraine in 2014 was over PLN 1.000.000.{{cite news |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/zebrano-ponad-milion-zlotych-na-rzecz-ukrainy/nl0eb |title=Zebrano ponad milion złotych na rzecz Ukrainy (English: Over a million zlotys raised for Ukraine) |newspaper=Onet Wiadomości |access-date=5 June 2019}} Following its involvement in Ukraine the foundation became a target for Russian propaganda.

From late February 2014 until early June 2016{{cite news |url=http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/1,34862,20291817,ukrainski-swiat-znika-ze-srodmiescia-czy-to-koniec-placowki.html |title=Warszawa: zamknięto Ukraiński Świat. Co z pomocą Ukraińcom? (English: Warsaw: Ukrainian World closed. What next with aid for Ukrainians? |newspaper=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=5 June 2019}} ODF run a support centre in central Warsaw for Ukrainian refugees under the name "Ukrainian World".{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/ukraines-refugees-find-solace-in-poland-europes-most-homogenous-society |title=Ukraine's refugees find solace in Poland, Europe's most homogenous society |author=Andrew MacDowall |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/world/europe/ukrainian-migrants-fleeing-conflict-get-a-cool-reception-in-europe.html |title=Ukrainian Migrants Fleeing Conflict Get a Cool Reception in Europe |author=Rick Lyman |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 May 2015 |access-date=5 June 2019}} The centre was estimated to have supported over 30.000 people during its functioning. At later stages the centre changed its focus to promoting Ukrainian culture in Poland.

Since 2014 ODF has been campaigning for Russia's release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko{{cite web |url=http://uacrisis.org/fr/21697-lancement-d-une-campagne-internationale-pour-la-liberation-de-nadia-savchenko |title=Lancement d'une campagne internationale pour la libération de Nadia Savchenko (English: Launch of the international campaign for the liberation of Nadya Savchenko) |date=30 March 2015 |publisher=Ukraine Crisis Media Center |access-date=5 June 2019}} and the imposing of sanctions on Russia following her detention, as well as that of Oleg Sentsov and numerous other Ukrainian war and political prisoners illegally held in Russia.{{cite news |url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/02/15/ukrainian-human-rights-activists-published-savchenko-list/ |title=Ukrainian human rights activists published Savchenko List |publisher=Euromaidan Press |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://alde.eu/en/news/550-the-alde-group-calls-on-high-representative-mogherini-to-adopt-a-savchenko-list/ |title=The ALDE Group calls on High Representative Mogherini to adopt a Savchenko List |publisher=ALDE |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://uacrisis.org/72228-communique-3rd-seminar-commission-truth-justice-reconciliation-russia-ukraine-association-european-union|title=Communiqué of the 3rd seminar of the Commission "Truth, Justice and Reconciliation between Russia and Ukraine, in association with the European Union" {{!}} UACRISIS.ORG|date=2019-06-10|website=Ukraine crisis media center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/270586|title=Open Dialog Foundation and the Center for Civil Liberties side-event on Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea {{!}} OSCE|website=osce.org|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1408481719|title=Punitive psychiatry used against Crimean 'terrorist plot' suspect?|website=Human Rights in Ukraine|access-date=2019-09-04}}

In October 2016 ODF co-organised a "march of solidarity with Ukraine" in Warsaw.{{cite web |url=http://www.tpu.org.pl/en/aktualnosci,polski_marsz_solidarnosci_z_ukraina.html |title=Polish Solidarity March with Ukraine |publisher=Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Ukrainy |access-date=5 June 2019}}

In October 2019, following his release by Russia after five years in a gulag, Oleg Sentsov was received together with Lyudmyla Kozlovska by French president Emmanuel Macron. During the meeting, the head of the Foundation presented Macron with a list of 86 Ukrainians still imprisoned by Russia.{{Cite web |last=Wieliński |first=Bartosz |date=2019-10-02 |title=Macron spotkał się z Ludmiłą Kozłowską, szefową fundacji Otwarty Dialog (en. Macron met with Lyudmyla Kozlovska, head of the Open Dialogue Foundation) |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,25264146,macron-spotkal-sie-z-ludmila-kozlowska-szefowa-fundacji-otwarty.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=wyborcza.pl}}

The foundation has also been advocating for democratic reforms{{cite news |url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/12/12/open-dialogue-foundation-told-about-the-prospects-of-ukraines-lustration-law/ |title=Open Dialog foundation told about the prospects of Ukraine's Lustration law |author=Alya Shandra |publisher=Euromaidan Press |access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/25317689.html |title=Люстрація в Україні. Поради сусідів, як уникнути помилок (English: Lustration in Ukraine. Tips for neighbors how to avoid mistakes |newspaper=Radio Svoboda |access-date=5 June 2019}} and greater integration of Ukraine and the EU.

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ODF focused on supporting refugees fleeing Ukraine and delivering humanitarian aid, especially defensive equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-28 |title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog wysyła kamizelki i hełmy. "Piszą do nas walczący z różnych zakątków Ukrainy" (en. The Open Dialogue Foundation sends vests and helmets. "We are being written to by fighters from different corners of Ukraine".) |url=https://kobieta.onet.pl/wiadomosci/ukraina-rosja-fundacja-otwarty-dialog-wysyla-kamizelki-i-helmy-pisza-do-nas-walczacy/qd6extd |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=OnetKobieta |language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Są "oczami" ukraińskiej armii, ale teraz bardzo potrzebują pomocy. "Ich zadaniem jest widzieć wroga" (en. They are the 'eyes' of the Ukrainian army, but now they badly need help. "Their job is to see the enemy".) |url=https://natemat.pl/455830,drony-dla-ukrainy-grupa-zwiadowcza-potrzebuje-wsparcia |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=naTemat.pl |language=PL-pl}} Until June 2023 ODF has provided aid worth over PLN 35 million.{{Cite web |last=Walewski |first=Jacek |date=2023-06-22 |title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog i Rafał Trzaskowski docenieni na Ukrainie. "Za jedyne takie wsparcie" (en. The Open Dialogue Foundation and Rafal Trzaskowski appreciated in Ukraine. "For the only support of its kind".) |url=https://crowdmedia.pl/fundacja-otwarty-dialog-i-rafal-trzaskowski-docenieni-na-ukrainie-za-jedyne-takie-wsparcie/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=CrowdMedia |language=pl}}

ODF regularly organises humanitarian missions to the frontlines, including to Bakhmut, together with a group of 5 Polish Members of Parliament,{{Cite web |title=Posłowie opozycji w pobliżu linii frontu. "Widzieliśmy wymianę ognia" (en. Opposition MPs near the front line. "We saw an exchange of fire".) |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raporty/raport-ukraina-rosja/aktualnosci/news-poslowie-opozycji-pojechali-z-pomoca-do-bachmutu-zycie-tam-t,nId,6544587 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=wydarzenia.interia.pl |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Posłowie opozycji pojechali do Ukrainy. "Pocisk spadł 100 metrów od nas" (en. Opposition MPs travelled to Ukraine. "A missile fell 100 metres from us".) |url=https://www.wprost.pl/wojna-na-ukrainie/11055925/poslowie-opozycji-pojechali-do-ukrainy-pocisk-spadl-100-metrow-od-nas.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Wprost |language=pl}} and to Kherson following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, where ODF delivered PLN 100.000 worth of aid from the City of Warsaw.{{Cite web |title=Potop po ataku na Nową Kachowkę. Polska misja humanitarna dotarła na zalane tereny. "To był szok" (en. Flood after the attack on Novaya Kakhovka. The Polish humanitarian mission reached the flooded area. "It was a shock".) |url=https://oko.press/nowa-kachowka-pierwsza-polska-misja-humanitarna-dotarla-na-zalane-tereny |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=oko.press |language=pl}} Following the mission, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski and ODF's Martin Mycielski were awarded decorations by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The foundation also manages the relocation of refugees to Western countries through an assistance point run at Warsaw's Eastern Railway Station{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Uchodźców w Polsce nie ubywa. "Obawiam się zjawiska bezdomności i głodu" (en. Refugees in Poland are not decreasing. "I fear the phenomenon of homelessness and hunger".) |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/coraz-wiecej-uchodzcow-obawiam-sie-bezdomnosci-i-glodu/mlwp8qv |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}} and runs four "Homes for Independent Moms" for Ukrainian refugee women.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Już nie tylko domek pod Warszawą. Otwierają kolejne miejsca dla matek z Ukrainy. "Obserwujemy potężny przypływ ludzi" (en. Not just a house near Warsaw anymore. They are opening more places for mothers from Ukraine. "We are seeing a massive influx of people".) |url=https://miasta.tokfm.pl/miasta_tokfm/7,185051,29063385,mazowsze-byl-jeden-dom-teraz-sa-jeszcze-trzy-dodatkowe-mowa.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=TOK FM |language=pl}}

The foundation's activities related to Russia started in 2014 and were at first focused on campaigning for the release of political prisoners and prisoners of war following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, most notably pilot Nadiya Savchenko and film director Oleg Sentsov. For this purpose ODF joined other EU and Ukrainian human rights NGOs to organise an international advocacy campaign under the name "#LetMyPeopleGo", with a platform for monitoring and listing the so-called "hostages of the Kremlin" launched with the Center for Civil Liberties / Euromaidan SOS at [http://www.letmypeoplego.org.ua www.letmypeoplego.org.ua].{{Cite web|url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/270586?download=true|title='Hostages of the Kremlin': increase of the number of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the illegally occupied Crimea|date=30 September 2016|website=OSCE|access-date=4 September 2019}}

In 2018, Swedish publishing house Ariel Förlag published the story of the Russian persecution of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and other Kremlin prisoners based on ODF's report.{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news/29373356.html|title=У Швеції опублікували історії Сенцова й інших в'язнів Кремля|website=Радіо Свобода|date=18 July 2018 |language=uk|access-date=2019-09-04 |last1=Свобода |first1=Радіо }}

In November 2018 the Foundation campaigned against the appointment of a Russian general, Alexander Prokopchuk, as Interpol president, joining dozens of other NGOs from around the world{{Cite web |title=Statement of NGOs from different countries regarding the possible election of a Russian representative as a President of Interpol – Українська Гельсінська спілка з прав людини |url=https://www.helsinki.org.ua/en/appeals/statement-of-ngos-from-different-countries-regarding-the-possible-election-of-a-russian-representative-as-a-president-of-interpol/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.helsinki.org.ua |language=en-US}} and organising a viral social media campaign with Members of the European Parliament called "#InterpolNotForPutin".{{Cite web |last=Melnychenko |first=Natalia |date=2018-11-26 |title=Viral #InterpolNotForPutin Twitter campaign reaches 19 million people |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/31972,viral-interpolnotforputin-twitter-campaign-reaches-19-million-people/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}}

As of 2019 ODF has also been campaigning against the renewal of voting rights of the Russian Federation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, for the enforcement of European sanctions against Russia and for introducing a worldwide "Magnitsky Act".

In Poland ODF initially supported the civic opposition movements defending the independent judiciary, especially in mid-2017 during the attempted reform of the Supreme Court and other controversial reforms of the judiciary by the ruling majority. These reforms prompted the European Commission to invoke Article 7 of the European Treaty against Poland, denouncing the reforms as putting the judiciary under the political control of the ruling majority and citing "serious risk [to] the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers". In response to the crisis, on 21 July 2017 ODF Board's Chair Bartosz Kramek published an article on civic disobedience, which was viewed by pro-government media as a call for a revolution{{Cite web|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/349913-ujawniamy-16-krokow-ktore-maja-sparalizowac-polske-i-odsunac-pis-inzynierowie-zbiorowej-histerii-maja-tajny-plan-wylaczmy-rzad|title=UJAWNIAMY. 16 kroków, które mają sparaliżować Polskę i odsunąć PiS. Inżynierowie zbiorowej histerii mają chytry plan: "Wyłączmy rząd!" (English: Revealed. 16 steps to paralise Poland and remove PiS. The engineers of mass histeria have a sneaky plan: "Let's turn off the government!")|last=Nykiel|first=Marzena|date=22 July 2017|website=wpolityce.pl|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/36445/Kolejna-instrukcja-na-polski-Majdan-Niech-panstwo-stanie-wylaczmy-rzad.html|title=Kolejna instrukcja na "polski Majdan"? "Niech państwo stanie: wyłączmy rząd!" (English: Another instruction for a "Polish Maidan"? "Let the state stop: let's switch off the government!")|date=2017-07-22|website=Do Rzeczy|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-02}} and prompted then-foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski to officially request that the article be removed and to instruct fiscal authorities to conduct a "complex fiscal control" of the foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1061057,fundacja-otwart-dialog-kontrola-skarbowa.html|title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog zamieściła wpis "Niech państwo stanie: wyłączmy rząd!". MSZ prosi o kompleksową kontrolę skarbową (English: Open Dialogue Foundation published a post "Let the state stop: let's switch off the government!". Foreign ministry demands a complex fiscal control)|date=28 July 2017|website=Gazeta Prawna|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,22803849,waszczykowski-chcial-zawiesic-zarzad-fundacji-otwarty-dialog.html|title=Waszczykowski chciał zawiesić zarząd Fundacji Otwarty Dialog. Sąd się nie zgodził (English: Waszczykowski tried to dissolve the board of the Open Dialogue Foundation. The court did not approve it)|last=Orłowski|first=Maciej|date=19 December 2017|website=Gazeta Wyborcza|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-02}} In October 2017 the foreign ministry filed a request to the court to forcefully dissolve and replace the foundation's board, but the request was dismissed by the court on 7 December.

ODF's advocacy in Poland focuses on the rule of law and especially the freedom of the judiciary and civic freedoms. ODF's report on cases of persecuted judges and prosecutors in Poland (incl. notable cases such as Igor Tuleya, {{ill|Waldemar Żurek|pl|vertical-align=sup}} & {{ill|Jerzy Stępień|pl|vertical-align=sup}}) was included, together with a similar report by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, in the United Nations General Assembly's 41st Human Rights Council's "Report on the independence of judges and lawyers", published on 29 April 2019.{{Cite web |date=29 April 2019 |title=Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers |url=https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G19/118/68/PDF/G1911868.pdf?OpenElement |access-date=2019-08-01 |publisher=United Nations}}

ODF's reports and input were included by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights{{Cite web |title=Inputs submitted by the Open Dialogue Foundation to the Questionnaire of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/IJudiciary/ExpressionAssociation/NGOs/OpenDialogueFoundation.pdf |access-date=2 August 2019 |website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights}} and European Commission (Annual Rule of Law Report,{{Cite web |date=2020-05-04 |title=Annual Rule of Law Report - stakeholder consultation, Open Dialogue Foundation |url=https://odfoundation.eu/content/uploads/2020/05/eusurvey-survey_2.pdf |publisher=European Commission}} EU Justice Scoreboard{{Cite web |title=2020 EU analysis of national justice systems (Justice Scoreboard) - Feedback from: Open Dialogue Foundation |url=https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/7566555-2020-EU-analysis-of-national-justice-systems-Justice-Scoreboard-/F509572_en |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=European Commission |language=en}}). ODF also organises hearings and events with persecuted judges, prosecutors and activists{{Cite web |title=Debates, hearings, conferences |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/c/activity/debates-hearings-conferences/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}} at the OSCE,{{Cite web |last=Melnychenko |first=Natalia |date=2022-10-11 |title=ODF organises hearing on the politicised prosecution service at OSCE |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/430555,odf-organises-hearing-on-the-politicised-prosecution-service-at-osce/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}} Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe{{Cite web |last=Melnychenko |first=Natalia |date=2022-10-14 |title=Hearing victims of the politicised Polish prosecution service at the Council of Europe |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/434941,hearing-victims-of-the-politicised-polish-prosecution-service-at-the-council-of-europe/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}} and European Parliament.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-01 |title=Sędziowie Waldemar Żurek i Dariusz Mazur w europarlamencie. Opowiedzą o deformie sądownictwa przez PiS (en. Judges Waldemar Żurek and Dariusz Mazur in the European Parliament. They will talk on the deformation of the judiciary) |url=https://krakow.wyborcza.pl/krakow/7,44425,25466883,sedziowie-waldemar-zurek-i-dariusz-mazur-w-europarlamencie.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=krakow.wyborcza.pl}}

During President Andrzej Duda's visit to Washington, DC in June 2019, an ODF delegation led by board member Martin Mycielski held meetings at the Capitol, with the State Department and with other US stakeholders to "update them on the state of civic freedoms in Poland, especially the persecution of civic activists" and share most recent reports on Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tysol.pl/a33559--video-Postanowilismy-skontrowac-spotkanie-prezydenta-Dudy-Fundacja-Otwarty-Dialog-w-Waszyngtonie|title="Postanowiliśmy skontrować spotkanie prezydenta Dudy". Fundacja Otwarty Dialog w... Waszyngtonie (English: "We decided to counter president Duda's meeting". Open Dialogue Foundation in... Washington)|website=Tygodnik Solidarność|date=14 June 2019 |language=pl|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://natemat.pl/277525,marcin-mycelski-o-tym-czemu-za-granica-donosi-na-polske-i-pis|title=Dlaczego "donoszę" za granicą i prawica nie może tego przeżyć. Pamiętajmy, że PiS nie równa się Polska (English: Why do I "snitch" abroad and the right cannot stand it. Remember, that PiS does not equal Poland)|website=naTemat.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-02}} This mission was criticised by Polish pro-government pundits incl. {{ill|Aleksandra Jakubowska|pl|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Dawid Wildstein|pl|vertical-align=sup}} and Rafał Ziemkiewicz, as well as the Head of the Political Cabinet of the Minister of National Defence Łukasz Kudlicki.{{Cite web|url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/451093-jak-mlody-obronca-demokracji-informuje-o-represjach-w-polsce|title=Jak młody obrońca demokracji informuje o represjach w Polsce (English: How a young democracy defender informs of repressions in Poland)|website=wpolityce.pl|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://polityczek.pl/uncategorised/11013-otwarty-dialog-pokazal-w-usa-jak-pis-lamie-prawo-jakubowska-to-donoszenia-na-kraj|title=Otwarty Dialog pokazał w USA, jak PiS łamie prawo. Jakubowska: To donoszenie na kraj (English: Open Dialogue showed in the USA how PiS breaks the law. Jakubowska: This is snitching on the state)|website=polityczek.pl|language=pl-pl|access-date=2019-08-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tysol.pl/b33565--Robia-dokladnie-to-za-co-im-placa-Jacek-Piekara-o-dzialaniu-Fundacji-Otwarty-Dialog-w-Waszyngtonie|title="Robią dokładnie to za co im płacą". Jacek Piekara o działaniu Fundacji Otwarty Dialog w Waszyngtonie (English: "They're doing exactly what they're being paid for". Jacek Piekara about the actions of the Open Dialogue Foundation in Washington)|website=Tygodnik Solidarność|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-02}}

In April and May 2020 the Foundation initiated appeals to the European Commission, calling for the initiation of an infringement procedure due to Poland's persecution of judges, and to the justices of the Supreme Court, calling for them to preserve the independence of the institution. The letters were co-signed by dozens of judicial and bar associations, law professors and public figures from around the world.{{Cite journal |last1=Mycielski |first1=Martin |last2=Pech |first2=Laurent |date=2020-04-29 |title=When Will the EU Commission Act?: An Open Letter |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/when-will-the-eu-commission-act/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |language=de-DE |doi=10.17176/20200429-133704-0}}{{Cite journal |last=Mycielski |first=Martin |date=2020-05-07 |title=Appeal to the independent Judges of the Supreme Court |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/appeal-to-the-independent-judges-of-the-supreme-court/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |language=de-DE |doi=10.17176/20200508-013139-0}} In June 2020 Martin Mycielski, on behalf of ODF, initiated a follow-up appeal to the EC, signed by law professors as well as judges' and prosecutors' associations, requesting intervention with regard to the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, incl. the case of judge Igor Tuleya, who the authors claimed was persecuted by it.{{Cite web |title=Efekt Tulei: Wiceprzewodnicząca Komisji Europejskiej i europejscy sędziowie piszą do Ziobry (en. The Tuleya effect: European Commission vice-president and european judges write to Ziobro) |url=https://oko.press/efekt-tulei-wiceprzewodniczaca-komisji-europejskiej-i-europejscy-sedziowie-pisza-do-ziobry |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=oko.press |language=pl}}

In October 2020 ODF activists, together with activists from Solidarity Action Brussels, organised a successful campaign to terminate the lease of the Brussels representation of Ordo Iuris. ODF's Martin Mycielski declared on that occasion that "this hateful organisation will never feel welcome in Brussels".{{Cite web |last=Kromer |first=Oktawia |date=2020-11-21 |title=Skarga na Ordo Iuris trafiła do Komisji Europejskiej. Podpisało ją 38 europosłów (en. Complaint against Ordo Iuris was submitted to the European Commission. It was signed by 38 MEPs) |url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,26533838,skarga-na-ordo-iuris-trafila-do-komisji-europejskiej-podpisalo.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=warszawa.wyborcza.pl}}

In November 2020 ODF filed a complaint against Ordo Iuris with the Joint EU Transparency Register Secretariat and the European Commission, requesting the removal of the organisation from the register and withdrawal of their right to lobby EU institutions. The authors argued that "an organisation representing the interests of a harmful foreign actor and an adversarial foreign power, concealing that fact, conducting activities undermining the integrity of the EU and damaging its values within at least one Member State, should not be allowed to benefit from an entry in the EU Transparency Register". The complaint was supported by 38 MEPs from the five main political groups, including EP Vice-president Fabio Massimo Castaldo, LGBTI Intergroup Co-chair Terry Reintke, Children's Rights Intergroup Co-chair Saskia Bricmont, Chairwoman of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Evelyn Regner, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence Nathalie Loiseau and Chairwoman of the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group Sophie in 't Veld. Among Polish MEPs, the letter was signed by Róża Thun (who officially initiated it), Robert Biedroń, Łukasz Kohut and Magdalena Adamowicz.{{Cite web |title=Kolejny cios w Ordo Iuris. Organizacja może stracić status lobbysty w Brukseli (en. Another hit at Ordo Iuris. The organisation can lose its lobbyist status in Brussels) |url=https://natemat.pl/327631,klopoty-ordo-iuris-w-brukseli-na-organizacje-zlozono-oficjalna-skarge |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=naTemat.pl |language=PL-pl}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-20 |title=EU Transparency Register Entry Complaint (TR number 206499215012-94) |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/content/uploads/2020/11/ordo_iuris_tr_complaint.pdf |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation}}

In January 2021 ODF initiated, together with the Themis Judges' Association, an appeal to the European Commission to apply the conditionality mechanism of linking EU funds to the rule of law criterion for the prosecution of 14 Cracow judges by the National Public Prosecutor's Office. The letter was again signed by dozens of European law experts as well as Polish judges' and prosecutors' associations.{{Cite web |title=Europejscy prawnicy wzywają KE do pilnej obrony ściganych 14 sędziów z Krakowa (en. European lawyers call on the EC to urgently defend 14 persecuted judges from Cracow) |url=https://oko.press/europejscy-prawnicy-wzywaja-ke-do-pilnej-obrony-sciganych-14-sedziow-z-krakowa |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=oko.press |language=pl}}

During a protest on 20 January 2021, the chairman of the board of the Open Dialogue Foundation, Bartosz Kramek, was pepper sprayed by police officers and thrown to the ground in the snow, then detained.{{cite web |title=CIVICUS Monitor |url=https://monitor.civicus.org/updates/2021/02/17/polish-womens-strike-activists-targeted-state-our-livelihoods-and-families-are-under-threat/ |website=CIVICUS – Tracking conditions for citizen action |access-date=25 February 2021}} Police alleged that Kramek threw snowballs at them, which he denied, with his claims being confirmed by video recordings of the event.{{cite news |last1=Wyrwał |first1=Marcin |title=Kramek zatrzymany za rzucanie śnieżkami. "Bez żartów" |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/bartosz-kramek-zatrzymany-przez-policje-za-rzucanie-sniezkami/rmp5mp6 |access-date=25 February 2021 |publisher=Onet.pl |date=21 January 2021}}

On 26 January 2021 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution entitled "Judges in Poland and in the Republic of Moldova must remain independent",{{cite web |title=Resolution 2359 (2021) Judges in Poland and in the Republic of Moldova must remain independent |url=https://pace.coe.int/pdf/2cbf987507d63eae3f86d95545919fe484a6f31f3326667a8259ffe25682ae848428feba12/resolution%202359.pdf |website=PACE |access-date=25 February 2021}} with amendments prepared by ODF. The Foundation's involvement was criticised by the head of the Polish delegation Arkadiusz Mularczyk,{{cite news |last1=Wójcik |first1=Anna |title=Rada Europy: sędziowie w Polsce i Mołdawii muszą pozostać niezależni |url=https://oko.press/rada-europy-sedziowie-w-polsce-i-moldawii-musza-pozostac-niezalezni/ |access-date=25 February 2021 |publisher=OKO.press |date=26 January 2021}} who - together with Ian Liddell-Grainger - filed a complaint against ODF and opposition parliamentarians with the Assembly's president.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-08 |title=Poseł PiS ukarany przez Radę Europy. Ma zakaz wypowiadania się (en. Law and Justice MP punished by the Council of Europe. He is banned from taking the floor) |url=https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/arkadiusz-mularczyk-ukarany-przez-rade-europy-poszlo-o-list/8wpktbb |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Fakt24.pl |language=pl}} For their "dirty warfare against ODF", Mularczyk and Liddell-Grainger received a 3-month ban from speaking at the Assembly by PACE's Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs.{{Cite web |last=Bielecki |first=Tomasz |date=2021-07-12 |title=Arkadiusz Mularczyk z PiS ma zakaz wypowiadania się w Zgromadzeniu Parlamentarnym Rady Europy (en. Arkadiusz Mularczyk from PiS is banned from speaking at PACE) |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,27320908,arkadiusz-mularczyk-z-pis-ma-zakaz-wypowiadania-sie-w-zgromadzeniu.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=wyborcza.pl}}

In April 2023 ODF's delegation with judge Maciej Ferek successfully advocated{{Cite web |last=Melnychenko |first=Natalia |date=2023-05-03 |title=ODF secures 4 PACE documents in defence the rule of law and human rights |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/625292,odf-secures-4-pace-documents-in-defence-the-rule-of-law-and-human-rights/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}} for two motions for a resolution (on the prosecution service{{Cite web |date=2023-04-28 |title=Ending the abuse of politically motivated prosecutions by the State prosecution service in Poland |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/files/31763/html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}} and illegal surveillance{{Cite web |date=2023-04-26 |title=Investigation into the illegal surveillance of foreign leaders, political opponents and activists in Poland |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/files/31749/html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}) and a written declaration (on victims of the prosecution service and human rights{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=Repression in Poland by the State prosecution must stop |url=https://pace.coe.int/en/files/31764/html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe}}).

In February 2024 the Foundation addressed{{Cite web |title=NGOs appeal to Bodnar to review politically motivated prosecution cases (Polish: "NGO apelują do Bodnara o przyjrzenie się postępowaniom prokuratorskim motywowanym politycznie") |url=https://oko.press/ngo-apeluja-do-bodnara-o-przyjrzenie-sie-postepowaniom-prokuratorskim-motywowanym-politycznie |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=oko.press |language=pl}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Appeal to the justice ministry to review politically motivated prosecution cases from 2015-2023 (Polish: "Apel do resortu sprawiedliwości o przegląd politycznie motywowanych postępowań prokuratorskich w latach 2015-2023") |url=https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/Apel-do-resortu-sprawiedliwosci-o-przeglad-politycznie-motywowanych-postepowan-prokuratorskich-w-latach-2015-2023-8693934.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Bankier.pl |language=pl}} an "Appeal for the review of politically motivated prosecutorial proceedings from 2015 to 2023 and rehabilitation of victims" to Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar, signed by 34 NGOs and 44 public figures, led by former President Lech Wałęsa.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Appeal to Adam Bodnar. Political investigations need to end. (Polish: "Apel do Adama Bodnara. Trzeba zakończyć śledztwa polityczne") |url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/apel-do-adama-bodnara-trzeba-zakonczyc-sledztwa-polityczne/xm3sbbx |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Onet Wiadomości |language=pl}} In response to the appeal, the Prosecutor General published an open letter in which he enthusiastically supported the demands of the appeal's authors, declaring the establishment of special, dispersed teams of prosecutors and a coordination team on the national level to "effectively review and analyse cases where there is any suspicion that they may have been politically motivated".{{Cite web |title=Open letter from the Minister of Justice Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar to President Lech Walesa and other signatories of the Appeal for a review of politically motivated prosecutions 2015-2023 and rehabilitation of victims |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/sprawiedliwosc/list-otwarty-ministra-sprawiedliwosci-prokuratora-generalnego-adama-bodnara-do-prezydenta-lecha-walesy-i-pozostalych-sygnatariuszy-apelu-o-przeglad-politycznie-motywowanych-postepowan-prokuratorskich-w-latach-2015-2023-i-rehabilitacje-pokrzywdzonych |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Ministry of Justice |language=pl-PL}}

Also in February, ODF organised, together with Action Democracy, the Defensor Iuris Bar Association, the Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Square Association and Video-KOD, a civic hearing of the candidates for the office of National Prosecutor, attended by the leading candidates, future National Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk and prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek. The debate was moderated by journalists Jacek Żakowski (TOK FM) and Mariusz Jałoszewski (OKO.press), as well as lawyers Ewa Marcjoniak and Jakub Kocjan, and hosted by ODF's Martin Mycielski.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=Civic hearing of candidates for National Prosecutor [summary] (Polish: Wysłuchanie obywatelskie kandydatów na Prokuratora Krajowego [podsumowanie]) |url=https://publicystyka.ngo.pl/wysluchanie-obywatelskie-kandydatow-na-prokuratora-krajowego-podsumowanie |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=ngo.pl |language=pl}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-02-23 |title=On Wednesday there was the first ever civic hearing of candidates for National Prosecutor (Polish: "W środę odbyło się pierwsze w historii obywatelskie wysłuchanie kandydatów na Prokuratora Krajowego") |url=https://migranciwpolsce.pl/otwarty-dialog/w-srode-odbylo-sie-pierwsze-w-historii-obywatelskie-wysluchanie-kandydatow-na-prokuratora-krajowego/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=MigranciwPolsce.pl |language=pl-PL}}{{Cite web |title=Scandal! Kramek's foundation organises hearing re. National Prosecutor's Office (Polish: "Farsa! Fundacja Kramka organizuje wysłuchanie ws. PK") |url=https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/682481-farsa-fundacja-kramka-organizuje-wysluchanie-ws-pk |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=wpolityce.pl |language=pl}}

In June 2024 the Foundation filed a request for public information to the Minister of Justice and the National Prosecutor, demanding information on the progress of the nation-wide audit of political investigations promised by the minister in February in response to ODF's appeal. The Foundation requested i.a. the status of the audit of cases submitted by ODF and Polish business associations, if and when the special teams of prosecutors where established, which prosecutor's offices are carrying out the audits, what administrative decisions have been taken, what is the timeline for the audit and if the prosecutors suspected of political decisions under former minister Zbigniew Ziobro were removed from their posts.{{Cite web |last=Żaczkiewicz-Zborska |first=Katarzyna |date=2024-06-28 |title=Citizens are asking about the audit of political prosecution cases (Polish: "Obywatele pytają, co z audytem politycznych postępowań prokuratorskich") |url=https://www.prawo.pl/prawnicy-sady/audyt-postepowan-prokuratorskich-z-ostatnich-8-lat,527767.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Prawo.pl |language=pl}}

The Foundation also publishes and annual report on hate crimes in Poland,{{Cite web |title=Hate crimes - Open Dialogue Foundation |url=https://en.odfoundation.eu/?s=&s_ph=hate%20crimes&s_tag%5B%5D=1635 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Open Dialogue Foundation |language=en-US}} used i.a. by the OSCE{{Cite web |title=OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting 2019 Contributors |url=https://hatecrime.osce.org/2019-contributors/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026084515/https://hatecrime.osce.org/2019-contributors/ |archive-date=2021-10-26 |website=OSCE ODIHR}} and European Parliament.{{Cite web |date= |title=Hate speech and hate crime in the EU and the evaluation of online content regulation approaches |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/655135/IPOL_STU(2020)655135_EN.pdf |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=European Parliament}}

During and following the 2011 Zhanaozen massacre in Kazakhstan ODF monitored the situation{{cite web |author=Kukka Ranta |date=11 March 2013 |title=Kazakstan: Media syyllinen ääriajatteluun (English: Kazakhstan: The media guilty of extremist thinking) |url=https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/mielipide-kotimaa/kazakstan-media-syyllinen-aariajatteluun/ |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Suomen Kuvalehti}} and campaigned for the release of the jailed oil workers and for the investigation of the allegations of torture.{{cite web |title=Support Pussy Riot by all means. But support the Kazakh oil workers too |url=https://libcom.org/news/support-pussy-riot-all-means-support-kazakh-oil-workers-too-02092012 |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Libcom}} On the second anniversary of the events ODF opened an exhibition on the massacre at Warsaw University, inaugurated by Adam Michnik,{{cite web |title=Zhanaozen 2011 – prawda o prawach i wolności (English: Zhanaozen 2011 – the truth on rights and freedoms) |url=http://sdp.pl/aktualnosci/9002,-zhanaozen-2011-prawda-o-prawach-i-wolnosci,1386262933 |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich (The Association of Polish Journalists)}} and a dedicated website{{cite web |title=Kazachstan: "było gorzej niż w Wujku". Druga rocznica pacyfikacji strajku górników (English: Kazakhstan: "it was worse than in the Wujek mine". Second anniversary of the pacification of miners) |url=https://www.polskieradio24.pl/5/3/Artykul/1006326,Kazachstan-bylo-gorzej-niz-w-Wujku-Druga-rocznica-pacyfikacji-strajku-gornikow |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Polish Radio}} at [http://www.zhanaozen.eu www.zhanaozen.eu].

In April 2013 ODF co-organised and co-financed an 8-day human rights monitoring mission of the Polish Supreme Bar Council to Kazakhstan.{{cite web |title=Zakończyła się misja Naczelnej Rady Adwokackiej w Kazachstanie (English: The mission of the Supreme Bar Council to Kazakhstan has finished) |url=http://www.adwokatura.pl/z-zycia-nra/zakonczyla-sie-misja-naczelnej-rady-adwokackiej-w-kazachstanie/ |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Adwokatura Polska}}

Since then ODF organises monitoring missions{{cite news |title=Alma Shalabayeva, una delegazione M5s andrà in Kazakhistan a visitare la moglie del dissidente (English: Alma Shalabayeva, an M5s delegation will go to Kazakhstan to visit the dissident's wife) |newspaper=Huffingon Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/2013/07/12/alma-shalabayeva-una-delegazione-m5s-andra-in-kazakhistan-_n_3585144.html |access-date=4 June 2019}} and advocates for human rights in Kazakhstan{{cite web |title=L'Open Dialog Foundation et Destination Justice attirent l'attention internationale sur les violations de la liberté d'expression au Kazakhstan (English: Open Dialogue Foundation and Destination Justice focus the international attention on the violations of the freedom of speech in Kazakhstan |url=http://destinationjustice.org/lopen-dialog-foundation-et-destination-justice-attirent-lattention-internationale-sur-les-violations-de-la-liberte-dexpression-au-kazakhstan/ |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Destination Justice}} (e.g. in the framework of consultations for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights{{cite web |title=Report: The harassment of civil society in Kazakhstan |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/AboutUs/CivilSociety/ReportHC/6_OpenDialogue.pdf |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights}} or for the OSCE{{cite web |title=Compensation Fund, Next Step in Limiting abuses of the INTERPOL System |url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/345051 |access-date=4 June 2019 |publisher=Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe}}).

On 11 February 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan,{{cite web |title=European Parliament resolution of 11 February 2021 on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2021/2544(RSP)) |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0056_EN.pdf |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=European Parliament}} which included parts prepared by ODF.{{cite news |last1=Gotev |first1=Georgi |date=12 February 2021 |title=The Brief, powered by GSMA – Who writes EP resolutions? |publisher=EurActiv |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/opinion/the-brief-powered-by-gsma-who-writes-ep-resolutions/ |access-date=25 February 2021}}

ODF has been advocating for human rights and the rule of law in Moldova by organising human rights monitoring missions.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-07 |title=Report on human rights monitoring mission – July 2018 |url=https://fidu.it/en/moldova-human-rights-monitoring-mission-july-2018/ |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=FIDU |language=en-GB}} It cooperates with international bodies like the OSCE, where it advocated in cases of politically persecuted judges and the nullified 2018 Chișinău mayoral election{{Cite web |title=Statement of Open Dialog Foundation for Working Session 4 {{!}} OSCE |url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/396122 |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=osce.org}} or the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where ODF organised a seminar in June 2017, together with deputies from three PACE fractions, focused on corruption and the persecution of dissidents in Ukraine and Moldova.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2017 |title=В ПАСЕ пройдет форум, посвященный преследованиям инакомыслящих в Украине и Молдове (English: PACE will host a forum dedicated to the persecution of dissidents in Ukraine and Moldova) |url=https://strana.ua/news/78295-v-pase-projdet-forum-posvyashennyj-presledovaniyam-inakomyslyashih-v-ukraine-i-moldove.html |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=strana.ua}}{{Cite web |date=26 June 2017 |title=Дебаты в Страсбурге //"Политические преследования в Украине и Молдове" (English: Debate in Strasbourg "Political Persecution in Ukraine and Moldova") |url=http://www.moldnews.md/rus/news/86645 |access-date=2019-08-01 |website=Moldnews}} ODF's report on cases of persecuted judges and prosecutors in Poland and in Moldova was included, together with a similar report by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, in the United Nations General Assembly's 41st Human Rights Council's "Report on the independence of judges and lawyers", published on 29 April 2019.

At least since 2013 ODF has been campaigning for the reform of Interpol, focused on the abuse of its “Red Notice” system by authoritarian states – notably Russia, Turkey, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan – for the persecution of political exiles. To that end ODF has held events in the European Parliament and national parliaments of EU member states, at the PACE, OSCE PA and ODIHR HDIM sessions, as well as provided expertise for Interpol bodies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/swiat/1570837,1,interpol--sluga-dyktatur.read|title=Interpol – sługa dyktatur|last=Kowalczuk|first=Piotr|date=2014-02-18|website=polityka.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vocaleurope.eu/monday-talk-with-lyudmyla-kozlovska-on-the-misuse-of-interpol/|title=Monday Talk with Lyudmyla Kozlovska on the Misuse of Interpol by Autocratic Regimes|last=Porta|first=Anita|date=2017-09-11|website=Vocal Europe|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://ccl.org.ua/en/news/interpol-s-reform-at-osce-odihr-hdim-2016-warsaw/|title='INTERPOL's reform at OSCE ODIHR HDIM 2016 – Warsaw|website=Центр Громадянських Свобод|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.opinione.it/societa/2017/08/29/claudia-candelmo-e-michele-lepore_interpol-regimiautoritari/|title=L'Interpol non sia uno strumento dei regimi autoritari|date=2017-08-29|website=L'Opinione delle Libertà|language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://euobserver.com/opinion/121311|title=[Opinion] Kazakhstan using Interpol to chase dissidents in EU|website=EUobserver|date=4 September 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-04}}

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ODF has been a subject of controversy since mid-2017,{{cite news |url=http://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,24516066,deportowana-z-polski-ludmila-kozlowska-z-prawem-pobytu-w-belgii.html |title=Deportowana z Polski Ludmiła Kozłowska z prawem pobytu w Belgii. "Belgowie nie uwierzyli w propagandę rządu PiS" (English: Lyudmyla Kozlovska, deported from Poland, with a residence permit in Belgium. "Belgians didn't buy into the propaganda of the Law and Justice government") |author=Bartosz T. Wieliński |newspaper=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=4 June 2019}} when its Board's Chair Bartosz Kramek had published a Facebook article on possible civil disobedience actions{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/08/17/the-polish-government-expels-a-critic-and-sets-an-ominous-precedent-for-the-european-union/ |title=The Polish government expels a critic – and sets an ominous precedent for the European Union |author=Maxim Eristavi |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=17 August 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} against the Law and Justice government in Poland. In August 2018 the Polish government expelled ODF President and Bartosz Kramek's wife Lyudmyla Kozlovska from the Schengen zone by entering her into the Schengen Information System, citing secret intelligence that the NGO had received Russian funding.{{cite news |url=

https://euobserver.com/justice/142965 |title=Poland accused of violating EU visa systems |author= Andrew Rettman |newspaper=EUobserver |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} In an interview,{{cite news |url=https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/opinie/artykuly/580758,niemcy-potega-waszczykowski-rosja-merkel-putin.html |title=Interview with foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski |author1=Grzegorz Osiecki |author2=Zbigniew Parafianowicz |newspaper=Dziennik |date=8 September 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} Polish foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski admitted that the reasons for the expulsion were ODF "pursuing anti-Polish goals in Brussels", and taking "actions against a democratically elected government" by "writing a detailed plan on how to topple the Polish government".

The Polish government's action was met with criticism from EU officials and the international public opinion. Former Belgian prime minister and president of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament Guy Verhofstadt MEP commented that "Black lists against democracy activists are worthy of authoritarian regimes, not of EU Member States. The Schengen visa ban on Lyudmila Kozlowska must be withdrawn – or Poland's role in Schengen reviewed",{{cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/polands-deportation-of-human-rights-activist-the-back-story/ |title=Poland's deportation of human rights activist: The back story |author=Karolina Zbytniewska |date=21 August 2018 |publisher=EurActiv |access-date=4 June 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rp.pl/Polityka/180819385-Ludmila-Kozlowska-wydalona-z-UE-Verhofstadt-Godne-autorytarnych-rezimow.html |title=Ludmiła Kozłowska wydalona z UE. Verhofstadt: Godne autorytarnych reżimów (English: Lyudmyla Kozlovska deported from the EU. Verhofstadt: Worthy of authoritarian regimes) |newspaper=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=4 June 2019}} with the ALDE Group directing two open letters to the European Commission on the matter.{{cite web |url=

https://www.sophieintveld.eu/letter-to-the-commission-on-the-use-of-the-sis-in-the-case-of-ms-kozlovska/ |title=Letter to the Commission on the use of the SIS in the case of Ms Kozlovska |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=

https://www.sophieintveld.eu/a-letter-to-the-commission-on-the-schengen-entry-ban-on-ms-kozlovska/ |title=A letter to the Commission on the Schengen entry ban on Ms Kozlovska |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, in its statement,{{cite web |url=

http://www.hfhr.pl/en/hfhr-issues-statement-in-case-of-detained-head-of-open-dialogue-foundation/ |title=Statement of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights |publisher=Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} noted that the actions of Polish authorities were incompatible with EU law.

Protests were organised in Poland in support of Kozlovska{{cite news |url=http://wyborcza.pl/7,154385,23818927,nie-dla-deportacji-politycznej-pikieta-przed-mswia-w-obronie.html |title="Nie dla deportacji politycznej!". Pikieta przed MSWiA w obronie Ludmiły Kozłowskiej (English: "No to political deportation!" Protest in front of the interior ministry in defence of Lyudmyla Kozlovska) |newspaper=Gazeta Wyborcza |access-date=1 June 2019}} and a public petition was initiated on 21 August by former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa,{{cite news |url=https://www.tysol.pl/a29956-Kozlovska-z-prawem-stalego-pobytu-w-Belgii-Zgadnij-kto-jej-w-tym-pomogl- |title=Kozlovska z prawem stałego pobytu w Belgii. Zgadnij, kto jej w tym pomógł? (English: Kozlovska with a residence permit in Belgium. Guess, who helped her?) |newspaper=Tygodnik Solidarność |access-date=4 June 2019}} asking EU heads of state to enable Kozlovska's return to the EU.{{cite news|url=https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2018-08-21/petycja-o-umozliwienie-kozlowskiej-powrotu-do-ue-podpisal-ja-m-in-lech-walesa-i-czesc-europoslow/ |title=Petycja o umożliwienie Ludmile Kozłowskiej powrotu do UE. Podpisał ją m.in. Lech Wałęsa (English: Petition to enable Lyudmyla Kozlovska to return to the EU. It was signed i.a. by Lech Wałęsa) |newspaper=Polsat News |access-date=4 June 2019}} The petition was signed by over 30,000 citizens and over 80 high-profile figures, including EU Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Pulitzer Prize recipient Anne Applebaum, Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, former government ministers Leszek Balcerowicz, Radosław Sikorski, Sławomir Nowak & Marcin Święcicki, the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Oscar-nominated director Agnieszka Holland, Gazeta Wyborcza editor-in-chief Adam Michnik, Newsweek Polska editor-in-chief Tomasz Lis, numerous Members of the European Parliament and Members of Parliament from Poland and Ukraine, NGOs, academics, journalists and other figures.{{cite web |url=https://www.tysol.pl/a31686-Przypominamy-list-w-obronie-Kozlowskiej-podpisany-przez-liczne-autorytety-%23BringHerBack |title=Przypominamy list w obronie Kozlowskiej podpisany przez liczne "autorytety" #BringHerBack (English: We're reminding you about the letter in defence of Kozlovska, signed by numerous "figures of authority") |publisher=Tygodnik Solidarność |access-date=4 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://niezalezna.pl/233785-walesa-lis-thun-boni-autorytety-bronia-kozlowskiej-i-chca-jej-powrotu |title=Wałęsa, Lis, Thun, Boni... "Autorytety" bronią Kozłowskiej i chcą jej powrotu! (English: Wałęsa, Lis, Thun, Boni... "Figures of authority" defend Kozlovska and want her return!) |publisher=Niezalezna.pl |access-date=4 June 2019}}

In an open letter initiated by the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, 11 Ukrainian civil and human rights organisations protested the inclusion of Kozlovska in SIS, calling it a "dangerous precedent which triggers a new kind of harassment of public activists in EU countries because of their public disagreement with state policy". The organisations claimed they supported ODF as "The organisation is actively working to release Ukrainian citizens imprisoned for political reasons in Russia and occupied Crimea, and is consistently pushing for sanctions against Vladimir Putin and his entourage for gross human rights abuses".{{Cite web|url=https://helsinki.org.ua/appeals/zvernennya-ukrajinskyh-pravozahysnyh-orhanizatsij-z-pryvodu-vnesennya-kerivnytsi-fundatsiji-vidkrytyj-dialoh-do-schengen-information-system-sis/|title=Звернення українських правозахисних організацій з приводу внесення керівниці Фундації "Відкритий діалог" до Schengen Information System (SIS) – Українська Гельсінська спілка з прав людини|website=helsinki.org.ua|language=uk|access-date=2019-07-31}}

In mid-September 2018 the Schengen ban was disregarded by German authorities, who permitted Kozlovska to speak at the Bundestag, causing outrage in Poland, with the Polish foreign ministry summoning the German ambassador to protest and Polish president Andrzej Duda raising the matter with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1d341a96-b80b-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe |title=Poland angered by Germany granting visa to blacklisted activist |author=James Shotter |newspaper=Financial Times |url-access=subscription |date=14 September 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} She was next invited by Guy Verhofstadt to speak in the European Parliament on 26 September,{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-banco-santander-merkel-limping-sajid-javid-interview-ambassador-selmayr/ |title=POLITICO Brussels Playbook |author=Florian Eder |newspaper=POLITICO Europe |date=26 September 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}} with Belgian authorities disregarding the Polish ban, again causing backlash in Poland. In the end also France, Switzerland and the UK have disregarded the ban, letting Kozlovska speak on her case and the rule of law situation in Poland at the Council of Europe,{{cite news |url=https://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-ze-swiata,2/ludmila-kozlowska-w-radzie-europy-o-propagandzie-w-polsce,874560.html |title="Propaganda w Polsce bardzo przypomina rosyjską". Kozłowska przemawiała w Radzie Europy (English: "Propaganda in Poland is very much like the one in Russia". Kozlovska speaks in the Council of Europe) |newspaper=TVN24 |access-date=4 June 2019}} the United Nations in Geneva{{cite news |url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/fundacja-otwarty-dialog-badana-przez-abw-zagadkowy-komunikat-mariusza-kaminskiego-6320072710739585a |title=Fundacja Otwarty Dialog badana przez ABW. Zagadkowy komunikat Mariusza Kamińskiego (English: The Open Dialogue Foundation examined by the Interior Security Agency. Enigmatic statement from Mariusz Kamiński |author=Oskar Górzyński |newspaper=WP Wiadomości |access-date=4 June 2019}} and the House of Commons, respectively.

On 4 March 2019 Kozlovska received a 5-year residence permit in Belgium, which, according to EU law (Article 25 of the Schengen acquis){{cite web |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A42000A0922(02) |title=The Schengen acquis |publisher=EUR-Lex |date=14 June 1985 |access-date=1 June 2019}} forces Poland to withdraw the SIS ban. In its ruling of 16 April the Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw revoked the decision to include Kozlovska in SIS, claiming the secret documents on which it was based were "too general" and "failed to show how [she] poses a risk to nationality security".{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/sad-uchylil-decyzje-ws-wydalenia-ludmily-kozlowskiej-z-polski/cc99j7v|title=Sąd uchylił decyzję o wyrzuceniu z Polski szefowej Otwartego Dialogu (Court revoked decision to expel the head of Open Dialogue from Poland)|date=2019-06-11|website=Onet Wiadomości|language=pl|access-date=2019-07-31}} On 24 June the media announced that Poland had deleted Kozlovska from SIS, but that she likely still remains on the national list of unwanted persons.{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,24931257,porazka-polskich-sluzb-ludmila-kozlowska-moze-swobodnie-poruszac.html|title=Porażka polskich służb. Ludmiła Kozłowska może swobodnie poruszać się po strefie Schengen. Poza Polską (English: Defeat of Polish security services. Lyudmyla Kozlovska can freely move around the Schengen zone. Except for Poland)|last=Wieliński|first=Bartosz|date=24 June 2019|website=Gazeta Wyborcza|language=pl|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1418850,ludmyla-kozlowska-wykreslona-z-sis-polska-przegrywa-z-fundacja-otwarty-dialog.html|title=Kozłowska wykreślona z SIS. Polska przegrywa z Fundacją (EN: Kozlovska removed from SIS. Poland loses with the Foundation)|last=Parafianowicz|first=Zbigniew|date=24 June 2019|website=Gazeta Prawna|access-date=2019-07-31}}

From 24 to 26 June 2019, Dziennik and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna published a series of articles under the label "DGP investigations", uncovering new details about the case and claiming Polish secret services had collaborated with those of Moldova. This information has supposedly surfaced following the change of power in Moldova and its aftermath, resulting in the fall of the Vladimir Plahotniuc-led regime and the election of Maia Sandu to the post of Prime Minister. The investigation furthermore included a controversial revelation that the Fiscal and Customs Office in Łódź, tasked with investigating ODF by then-foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, was until 28 February 2017 run by his brother, Tomasz, who still remains a senior official there.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1418884,sprawa-kozlowskiej-wykreslenie-z-sis.html|title=Sprawa Kozłowskiej. Laboratorium państwowej tandety [ŚLEDZTWA DGP] (English: The Kozlovska case. State trash lab [DGP investigations])|last=Parafianowicz|first=Zbigniew|date=24 June 2019|website=Dziennik Gazeta Prawna|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gazetaprawna.pl/artykuly/1419078,msz-odcina-sie-od-wspolpracy-z-moldawia-w-pacyfikowaniu-fod.html|title=Kozłowska, Platon i kradzież stulecia (English: Kozlovska, Platon and the theft of the century)|last=Parafianowicz|first=Zbigniew|date=26 June 2019|website=Dziennik Gazeta Prawna|access-date=2019-07-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/artykuly/601138,waszczykowski-brat-otwarty-dialog-kontrola-ludmyla-kozlowska.html|title=Brat ministra Waszczykowskiego w urzędzie kontrolującym fundację Kozłowskiej (English: Brother of minister Waszczykowski in the office controlling Kozlovska's foundation)|last=Parafianowicz|first=Zbigniew|date=26 June 2019|website=Dziennik|access-date=2019-07-31}}

In February 2021, state broadcaster TVP removed or amended nearly 40 articles and video materials about ODF following a court decision from September 2019.{{cite news |title=TVP w ramach zabezpieczenia musi usunąć artykuły o Fundacji Otwarty Dialog i opublikować oświadczenia |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/tvp-musi-usunac-artykuly-o-fundacji-otwarty-dialog-i-opublikowac-oswiadczenia |access-date=25 February 2021 |publisher=Wirtualne Media |date=3 February 2021}} During a court hearing the same month, former Catholic priest Jacek Międlar, accused of inciting hate, called for the banning of the Open Dialogue Foundation, among others.{{cite news |title=Były ksiądz stanął przed sądem za przemówienie z 11 listopada. Jacek M.: To ja byłem przeciw nienawiści |url=https://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,26763922,jacek-m-stanal-przed-sadem-za-nawolywanie-do-nienawisci-11.html |access-date=25 February 2021 |publisher=Gazeta Wyborcza |date=19 February 2021}}

On 23 June 2021, Kramek was arrested and charged with money laundering. The public prosecutor's office claimed that Kramek received PLN 5.3 million (around USD {{To USD round|5300000|POL}}) from fictitious companies registered in global tax havens, and passed the funds on to Russian and Ukrainian nationals using bank accounts belonging to ODP and his own company Silk Road.{{Cite web|title=ABW zatrzymała prezesa Fundacji Otwarty Dialog|url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/polska/news-abw-zatrzymala-przewodniczacego-rady-fundacji-otwarty-dialog,nId,5315069|access-date=2021-06-23|website=wydarzenia.interia.pl|language=pl}} ODP denied any wrongdoing and claimed that the charges are politically motivated.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-23|title=ABW zatrzymało przewodniczącego Rady Fundacji Otwarty Dialog|url=https://www.wprost.pl/kraj/10460096/bartosz-kramek-zatrzymany-przez-abw-komentarz-fundacji-otwarty-dialog.html|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Wprost|language=pl}}

ODF's activities became a subject of controversy in November 2018 following a report{{cite web |title=In pre-election move, Moldova takes aim at civil society-opposition nexus |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/in-pre-election-move-moldova-takes-aim-at-pro-european-ngo/ |author=Evghenii Ceban |publisher=Open Democracy |date=30 November 2018}} published by a closed-door Moldovan parliamentary committee, claiming the organisation was linked to the Russian Federation and had attempted to interfere with domestic Moldovan politics by funding of opposition parties. Some Moldovan press articles on the other hand viewed the report as an attack on the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity and Dignity and Truth Platform Party before the upcoming parliamentary elections.{{cite web |url=https://www.moldova.org/en/outline-open-dialog-scandal-pas-dtpp-gunsight-moldovan-parliament/ |publisher=Moldova.org |title=An outline of the 'Open Dialog' scandal. PAS and DTPP in the gunsight of the Moldovan Parliament |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://newsmaker.md/rus/novosti/diversiya-izmena-rodine-shpionazh-v-chem-obvinyaet-moldavskuyu-oppozitsiyu-komissi-40146 |publisher=NewsMaker |title=Диверсия, измена родине, шпионаж. В чем обвиняет молдавскую оппозицию комиссия по "делу Козловской" (Sabotage, treason, espionage. What the Moldovan commission investigating the opposition blames on the "Kozlovskaya Case") |date=16 November 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/09378b14dc01db65/presedinta-open-dialog-apel-catre-societatea-rm-aparati-opozitia-si-valorile-democratice-regimul-plahotniuc-e-in-agonie.html |publisher=Jurnal.md |title=Președinta Open Dialog, apel către societatea RM: "Apărați opoziția și valorile democratice; Regimul Plahotniuc e în agonie" (Open Dialogue Chair, Appeal to RM: "Defend opposition and democratic values; Plahotniuc regime is in agony") |date=17 November 2018 |access-date=1 June 2019}}

The Moldovan parliamentary report on ODF again became a news story in Polish pro-government media in April 2019{{cite news |url=

https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-how-the-russia-friendly-far-right-demagogues-of-europe-buy-and-bury-the-press |title=Here's How the Russia-Friendly Far-Right Demagogues of Europe Buy and Bury the Press |author=Michael Weiss |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=1 June 2019}} following publications in the Scottish edition of The Sunday Times,{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/an-edinburgh-flat-a-human-rights-activist-and-the-oligarchs-dirty-money-vzs9htpnt |title=An Edinburgh flat, a human rights activist and the oligarchs' 'dirty money' |author1=Carlos Alba |author2=Jordan Ryan |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url-access=subscription |date=21 April 2019 |access-date=11 May 2019}}{{cite news |title=Scots firms 'in £26m laundering link to Putin' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/scots-firms-in-26m-laundering-link-to-putin-p9zsjghsn |newspaper=The Sunday Times}} which referenced the report, claiming ODF had received up to £1.6 million in donations from companies registered in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Prominent Polish governing coalition politicians like Ryszard Czarnecki and Patryk Jaki used these publications during their EP electoral campaign to attack the opposition, especially MEP Róża Thun, who had advocated for Lyudmyla Kozlovska following her expulsion.{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/czarnecki-o-publikacji-dziennika-sunday-times/cm3lqsh|title=Czarnecki o publikacji dziennika "Sunday Times" na temat Fundacji Otwarty Dialog|date=2019-04-23|website=Onet Wiadomości|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://polskieradio24.pl/art1222_2299646|title=Patryk Jaki pyta Różę Thun o powiązania z Fundacją Otwarty Dialog|website=PolskieRadio24.pl|access-date=2019-08-01}} On 24 April, Onet.pl reported that the authors of the publications were in fact not Sunday Times journalists but the head of a PR agency and a pro-Brexit campaigner.{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/autorzy-artykulu-sunday-times-atakujacego-polska-fundacje-to-szef-agencji-pr-i/nygbff1|title=Autorzy artykułu "Sunday Times" atakującego polską fundację to szef agencji PR i pracownik portali na rzecz brexitu (English: Authors of the "Sunday Times" article attacking the Polish foundation are the head of a PR agency and an employee of pro-Brexit portals)|last=Wyrwał|first=Marcin|date=2019-04-24|website=Onet Wiadomości|language=pl|access-date=2019-08-01}} The Economist's Balkan correspondent Tim Judah commented in an interview: "It's a very strange article. The authors cite the Moldovan parliament. I don't know anyone who would believe the findings of the Moldovan parliament."

Following the change of power in Moldova and election of Maia Sandu – who had earlier cooperated with ODF – to the post of Prime Minister, an investigation by Dziennik and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna revealed that the report, according to metadata, was "redacted or even entirely written by Andrian Candu", vice-chairman of the Democratic Party led by Vladimir Plahotniuc, who was not himself a member of the parliamentary committee. The publication also claimed that "Poland could have cooperated regarding ODF with security services controlled by Vladimir Plahotniuc", citing members of the committee. The Polish Chancellery of the Prime Minister responded to those allegations claiming that "the details of actions taken by special services are not revealed to the public for legal reasons". The topic has reportedly been discussed by Polish foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz and his Moldovan counterpart Tudor Ulianovschi at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan in December 2018.

ODF has received criticism from far-right French MEP Nicolas Bay{{cite news |title=Human Rights NGO Open Dialogue Foundation "suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence" |url=https://eutoday.net/news/human-rights/2019/human-rights-ngo-open-dialogue-foundation-suspected-of-cooperating-with-russian-intelligence |agency=EU Today}} for one of the individual cases of human rights abuses that it had advocated for (together with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch) – the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov, founder of the opposition political party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and opponent of Kazakhstan's first President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Bay alleged that ODF receives financial support from Ablyazov.{{cite web | url=https://www.e-ir.info/2019/07/07/criminals-kleptocrats-and-the-ngo/ | title=Criminals, Kleptocrats, and the NGO | date=7 July 2019 }}

In 2024, the foundation was designated as an "undesirable organization" by the Russian authorities.{{cite news|title=Польский фонд "Открытый диалог" признали "нежелательной организацией"|url=https://ovd.info/express-news/2024/03/25/polskiy-fond-otkrytyy-dialog-priznali-nezhelatelnoy-organizaciey|access-date=2024-03-25|work=OVD-Info|date=2024-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325182342/https://ovd.info/express-news/2024/03/25/polskiy-fond-otkrytyy-dialog-priznali-nezhelatelnoy-organizaciey|archive-date=2024-03-25|language=ru}}

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