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This report presents the key findings and recommendations brought forward during a regional workshop for Central Asia on ‘Detention Monitoring and the Protection of Human Rights while Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization to Terrorism (VERLT) in Prisons’. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 29-30 November 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

This report presents the key findings and recommendations brought forward during a regional workshop for South East Europe on ‘Detention Monitoring and the Protection of Human Rights While Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization to Terrorism (VERLT) in Prisons’. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (OMBiH), on 13-14 September 2023 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

It is important to know what is a hate crime. When a hate crime is committed, one or more perpetrators target the victim, which can be one or more people or property, because of a protected aspect of the victim's identity, such as religion or ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or disability. Similarly, a hate incident is an act of hostility motivated by prejudice or bias that does not necessarily reach the threshold of a criminal offence, or the criminal nature of which is yet to be determined. A hate crime is any crime where the perpetrator is driven by prejudice or bias. Criminal offence + bias motive = hate crime.

13 December 2024

The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Address by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Anti-Semitism; the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims; and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, also Focusing on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians and Members of Other Religions. Address by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Corruption, Prof. Anita Ramasastry. Increasing military involvement of certain NATO and EU member States in yet more confrontation in and around Ukraine. Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2024.

1502nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1502nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1502nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1502nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council