Hate crime training for civil society organizations in Gdańsk

About

Civil society organizations play an important role in monitoring hate crime and supporting victims. The information they collect and share with ODIHR also contributes to ODIHR’s annual hate crime reporting.

ODIHR is organizing a one-day training in Gdańsk, in co-operation with the Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment, to strengthen the ability of local civil society organizations to identify, record and report hate crimes using ODIHR’s methodology.

The training builds on an introductory event held in Gdańsk in December 2022 and continued co-operation with the Gdańsk Centre for Equal Treatment on hate crime reporting.

Objectives

Participants will learn how to identify and record hate crimes, including how to recognize indicators of bias. They will discuss ODIHR’s definition of hate crime, the difference between hate crimes, other crimes and hate speech, and relevant Polish legislation.

The training will also strengthen participants’ skills in monitoring and reporting hate crimes to ODIHR and in providing sensitive and respectful support to victims.

Programme

Through presentations, practical examples and exercises, participants will explore:

• the impact of hate crimes on victims and communities;
• the definition of hate crime and how it differs from other crimes and hate speech;
• bias motivation and bias indicators;
• monitoring, recording and reporting hate crimes; and
• sensitive and respectful approaches to supporting hate crime victims.

Contact 

For any questions please contact Tomasz Filipiak, ODIHR's Associate Project Officer, at Tomasz.Filipiak@odihr.pl.