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1471st Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

Address by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms. Marija Pejčinović Burić. Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Kelly Keiderling. The Russian Federation’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. OSCE Moscow Mechanism invoked by 45 participating States, following consultations with Ukraine, to address the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation as part of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Increasing military involvement of certain NATO member States in yet more confrontation in and around Ukraine.

It is important to know what a hate crime is. 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.

Last updated on 24 May 2024.

1470th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1470th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1470th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

1470th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council