Hate Crime Training for Icelandic Prosecutors: Train-the-trainer course

This three-day workshop will train Icelandic prosecutors on hate crime, hate crime victimization and the role of prosecutors in addressing hate crime. It will also discuss the national legal framework to prosecute hate crimes and how to apply Iceland’s hate crime provisions to prosecute hate crime cases. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to put their knowledge into practice while presenting the course content to their peers. Equipped with these skills, the participants will be able to replicate the training course and deliver hate crime training events to other prosecutors across Iceland.

Background

ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) programme helps to ensure that prosecutors across the OSCE region are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and prosecute hate crimes.

OSCE participating States have recognized that hate crimes pose a threat to security and may give rise to conflict and violence on a wider scale. To address this challenge, OSCE States have undertaken a number of commitments in the area of hate crime, including to train prosecutors and other criminal justice actors to ensure that the motives of those convicted of hate crimes are acknowledged and reflected in criminal proceedings.

Participation in this event is by invitation only.