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A pilot version of a platform for reporting and recording hate incidents, which is being developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), was presented and discussed with representatives of Polish and Hungarian civil society organizations during meetings in Warsaw

The methodology and initial results of a study on unreported hate crimes against members of selected communities in Poland were explored by representatives of civil society, the national administration and international organizations during a meeting in Warsaw on 24 November 2017.

Thirty-five education professionals from teacher training institutions across the OSCE region came together in Lisbon on 21 and 22 November 2017 for a meeting focusing on solutions to the challenges faced by teachers when they address intolerance, bias, prejudice, anti-Semitism and related subjects

YEREVAN, 21 November 2017 – The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the further development of effective measures to counter hate crime are central to preventing discrimination against Christians and members of other religions or beliefs, Armenia’s Foreign Minister and OSCE Officials said today at the official opening of a high-level conference in Yerevan, co-organized by the Austrian 2017 OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the support of the Armenian Foreign Ministry...

WARSAW, 16 November 2017 – To mark the International Day for Tolerance, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today published hate crime data for 2016 on its dedicated website. This year's data, which have been submitted by OSCE participating States, civil society groups and international organizations can, for the first time, be comprehensively searched, filtered and downloaded.

Initiatives to facilitate increased representation of persons with disabilities in political party structures across Europe and the broader OSCE region were the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Brussels on 8 November 2017. The meeting, at the European Parliament, was organized in co-operation with the Parliament’s Disability Intergroup and the European Disability Forum.

Participants in a conference held in Vienna on 18 October 2017 reviewed current manifestations of intolerance and discrimination against Muslims and related challenges across the OSCE region and explored methods for developing a comprehensive response to address these phenomena. The event,