Law Enforcement and the Jewish Community in Serbia: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication

Meeting

Date:: 24 March 2021
Location:: Online event
Organized by:: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and World Jewish Congress (WJC)
Source:: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Fields of work:: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination

The event will raise awareness among law enforcement agencies on Jewish history and culture in Serbia. It will also lead to a greater understanding of the contemporary security challenges facing the Jewish community and facilitate effective and meaningful communication between representatives of the Jewish community and law enforcement authorities across the country.

Why is it important?

The OSCE’s 2014 Basel Ministerial Council Declaration called upon OSCE participating States to “increase efforts to implement existing OSCE commitments related to monitoring hate crimes and collecting relevant data, including motivated by anti-Semitism.” The Declaration also called on ODIHR to support participating States in their efforts to “facilitate co-operation between governmental officials and civil society on issues related to anti-Semitism, including hate crime.”

Participants

The meeting will gather representatives from the Ministry of Interior, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Office for Human and Minority Rights, the Federation of the Jewish Communities, and the OSCE Mission to Serbia.