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Addressing anti-Semitic hate crimes and the security needs of Jewish communities

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Anti-Semitic hate crimes have a profoundly negative impact on everyday lives of Jewish communities and individuals. They infuse fear and a sense of insecurity among them. As part of its Words into Action to Address anti-Semitism project, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) works with governments, parliaments and civil society groups in the OSCE region to help build their capacities to prevent and respond to such crimes and effectively address the security needs of Jewish communities.

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Cristina Finch, Head of the ODIHR Tolerance and Non-discrimination Department, listens as ODIHR Director Michael Georg Link speaks at the launch event for a new ODIHR publication, Understanding Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Jewish Communities, at the German Parliamentary Society in Berlin, 15 May 2017.

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Icelandic police officers participate in an OSCE/ODIHR training against hate crime for law enforcement (TAHCLE), Reykjavik, 26 April.

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Participants speaking about co-operation between state institutions and civil society groups to address hate crimes at the ODIHR Third National Confidence and Capacity-Building Event in Kyiv on 11 and 12 April.

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Young activists attending an ODIHR event in Budapest in November 2016.

Grassroots Groups Turn Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism, Intolerance and Discrimination

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To deepen outreach to communities affected by anti-Semitism, intolerance and discrimination, collect examples of good practices and promote stakeholders’ efforts, ODIHR selected and funded eight short projects in July 2016, focusing on education and coalition-building to address those issues. These are their stories. The effort was part of ODIHR’s project Turning Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism funded by Germany.

Words into Action: Building Coalitions to Address Anti-Semitism, Intolerance and Discrimination

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The Youth Activism Forum, organized by ODIHR in Budapest in November 2016, brought together over 50 experts and young leaders from 34 OSCE participating States, including politicians, journalists, civil servants, civil society, media representatives and online activists, to discuss ways to address anti-Semitism, intolerance and discrimination. The event was part of the ODIHR project Turning Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism funded by Germany.

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Reykjavik Metropolitan Police officers detaining a suspect.

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Ambassador Eberhard Pohl, Permanent Representative of Germany to the OSCE and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, and Cristina Finch, head of ODIHR’s Tolerance and Non-discrimination Department, at the OSCE/ODIHR Conference on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, Vienna, 14 December 2016.

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Dermana Seta, ODIHR Adviser on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, presenting during an ODIHR workshop for civil society and community groups dedicated to countering intolerance against Muslims, 6 December 2016, Warsaw.

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Participants at the workshop on leveraging small projects to counter intolerance and hate crime in Ukraine held in Kyiv on 2 December 2016.

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Participants in OSCE/ODIHR training for Austrian civil society groups working on intolerance against Muslims, 15-16 November 2016, Vienna.