Presentation of the Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme to Polish law enforcement officials

Building on ODIHR’s co-operation with the Polish Ministry of Interior on the prevention of hate crime, the Office is presenting the Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme to law enforcement officials.

TAHCLE is the substantially revised successor of the ODIHR Law Enforcement Officer Programme (LEOP) that was launched in 2005.

The overall objective of the programme is to improve police skills in recognizing, understanding and investigating hate crimes. It represents a critical step forward in ODIHR’s work to provide technical support and expertise to OSCE Participating States to implement their political commitments in the area of preventing and responding to manifestations of hate and intolerance.

The OSCE has long recognized the threat that hate crimes pose to regional security. Since 2003, several OSCE Ministerial Council Decisions have highlighted the importance of building law enforcement capacity to monitor and respond to this violent form of intolerance, most notably the 2009 Decision on Combating Hate Crimes which called on OSCE participating States to conduct hate crimes training with law enforcement in this area.