Workshop for civil society on anti-Semitic hate crimes in the OSCE region
When
18 December 2012 (All day)
Where
Warsaw
Organized by
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
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) Photo details
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:
- 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;
- share good practices in collecting data on anti-Semitic incidents;
- 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.