Ilya Lensky, Director of the Jews in Latvia Museum, speaks at a workshop on collecting data on anti-Semitic hate crimes as Melissa Sonnino, Community Affairs Coordinator at CEJI - A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe, listens. Warsaw, 18 December 2012. (OSCE/Shiv Sharma)
When: 18 December 2012
Where: Warsaw
Organized by: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
The workshop will gather representatives of non-governmental and Jewish community organizations from across the OSCE region for a one-day workshop on countering anti-Semitic hate crimes.
The objective of the workshop is to:
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introduce civil society and Jewish community representatives to the concept of hate crime and familiarize them with the work of ODIHR in combating hate crime;
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share good practices in collecting data on anti-Semitic incidents;
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strengthen international co-operation in this area and provide a forum for dialogue for civil society and Jewish community representatives from different parts of the OSCE region.
The workshop will take place at ODIHR headquarters in Warsaw.