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Ensuring Justice for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings: Response of the criminal justice system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with recommendations

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It is important to now 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.

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Anti-Semitic Hate Crime- Latvian translation.

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Jan Braathu (c), Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia, welcomes at the Mission's premises the recipients of the 2021 OSCE Mission to Serbia's Person of the Year Award: Vladimira Dorčova-Valtnerova (r), Founder and Editor in Chief of Storyteller.rs, from Maglić, and the Voluntary Firefighting Association of Požega team (c- r), as well as awardees of the 2020 OSCE Mission to Serbia's Person of the Year Award: Ivanka Jovanović (c-l), Executive Director of the National Organisation of Persons with Disabilities of Serbia (NOOIS), and Biljana Stepanov, Director of the Centre for Support of Women from Kikinda (l).

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Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Clemens Koja addressing an event promoting the Guidelines for Joint Classes, prepared with the Mission's support. Skopje, 17 December 2021 (OSCE/Zoran Richliev)

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2021 SEE Conference on Hate Crimes brought together government and judicial officials, civil society representatives, and social workers from South-Eastern Europe.

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Kyrgyzstan’s young community leaders discussing VERLT at OSCE organized seminars, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 30 September 2021. (Ranat Rysbek/OSCE)

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Hate-motivated incidents are often violent manifestations of intolerance, which instil fear and divide communities. Tackling underlying prejudice is essential in combating the spread of these divisive actions. The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the work of government institutions, the criminal justice system, local authorities and civil society to effectively respond to these incidents. The 'Hate Monitor' provides a monthly update on incidents and responses throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Jan Braathu, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, visits the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) construction site for 94 apartments for RHP beneficiary refugee families, Veternik, 4 August 2021.

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Local Kosovo Roma artists empower their community through art

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To mark International Roma Day and raise awareness of Romani culture and art, the OSCE Mission supported two Kosovo Roma painters to exhibit their work and offer a basic painting class to children in Gračanica/Graçanicë. The paintings of siblings Bajram and Farija Mehmeti capture scenes from

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Model Quality Standards for Hate Crime Victim Support

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The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) launches Spot Report on the Institution of Additional Judges as a Potential Threat to Judicial Independence in BiH; Sarajevo, 23 March 2021