Stop Hate Crime!
Report of the 2nd International Hate Crime Conference
Together with its partner organizations, Foundation EVZ organized the second international conference on hate crime in November 2011. The conference allowed organizations from all over Europe to exchange experiences and expertise, and aims at the professionalization of the funded projects. The results of this conference have been summarized in a report that can be downloaded here in PDF format.
Pilot Studies: Hate Crimes in Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and Ukraine
2008-2010, Foundation EVZ initiated research projects on the situation of hate crime victims in Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and Ukraine. Analyzing the country-specific frameworks and the scope of the problem, the research reports show which civil society organizations support hate crime victims, and which funding and networking support those organizations themselves require. The reports were published in the language of the respective country, as well as in English and in German. They stimulate not only discussion among relevant initiatives and organizations throughout Europe, but also initiate public debates over hate crimes, discrimination and everyday racism in the countries examined.
Nigdy Więcej, Opferperspektive e.V. (Eds.), Hate Crime Monitoring and Victim Assistance in Poland and Germany
Berlin 2009
The report “Hate Crime Monitoring and Victim Assistance in Poland and Germany” is the result of the first German-Polish NGO-cooperation against hate crimes. “Nigdy Więcej” (Warsaw, Poland) and “Opferperspektive Brandenburg” (Potsdam, Germany) compare the scope of the problem, the political and legal framework, the public discourse and NGO activities in Poland and Germany. The report also highlights the potentials of further transnational cooperation in the German-Polish border region.
Foundation EVZ, Kulturbüro Sachsen, In Iustitia (Eds.), Forgotten Victims. Hate Crimes and Victim Assistance in the Czech Republic
Berlin, Dresden, Prague 2010
The research project “Hate Crime – Forgotten Victims” was coordinated by “Kulturbüro Sachsen” cooperating with Czech partner organizations, including “In IUSTITIA”, “Tolerance and Civil Society” and “ROMEA”. The authors of the final report identify Roma and homeless people as the groups most affected by hate crimes in the Czech Republic. They underline that there is an alarming lack of statistical data on violent attacks and of structures to support the victims.
Europäischer Austausch (Eds.), Hate Crime in Ukraine. Victim groups and counselling programs of civil society actors
Berlin, 2010
Taking into account xenophobia and hate speech in the public discourse, the study “Hate Crime in Ukraine. Victim Groups and Counseling Programs of Civil Society Actors” examines hate crimes in Ukraine. Especially so-called “new minorities” such as asylum seekers, students or migrant workers are at risk of violent attacks. Prosecution of perpetrators motivated by racial prejudice is significantly rare, whereas members of the militia are notorious for human rights violations that also occur in detention. Thus, the authors of the report recommend strengthening civil society initiatives to support victims of hate crimes in Ukraine.
ReachOut Berlin (Eds.), Hate Crime in Russland. Monitoring and Support for Victims of Racist Violence
Berlin 2010
The study focuses on the situation of victims of racist violence in five regions of the Russian Federation, including the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Apart from that, the authors conducted a survey about means to support hate crime victims, in which more than 50 Russian NGOs working in the fields of human rights, monitoring and/or counseling of victims participated.
Conference Reports & Event Documentation
"Hate-Crimes": A concept to describe the situation in Germany?
Expert Discussion, November 5th, 2010, Berlin
During the expert meeting, ODIHR and Foundation EVZ introduced their commitment against hate crimes. The participants discussed the potentials and shortcomes of the Angloamerican "hate crime"-concept in contrast to the German approach to "politically motivated crimes".
Event Documentation (in German)
K. Lang, RAA Sachsen e.V.: Paper (PDF; 180 KB)
M. Coester, Landespräventionsrat Niedersachsen: Presentation "Das Konzept der Hate Crimes aus den USA und mögliche Folgerungen für die deutsche Situation" (PDF; 580 KB)
F. Hohenberg, ODIHR: Presentation "Hate Crimes - Ein Konzept für Deutschland?" (PDF; 450 KB)
What Can You(th) Do? Networking for Intercultural Dialogue
Conference, November 21.-26., 2010, Moskow
The international conference “What Can You(th) Do? Networking for Intercultural Dialogue”, was the final event of a project carried out by "UNITED for Intercultural Action" and the "Centre for Interethnic Cooperation".
Putting a strong emphasis on the prevention of and response to hate crimes, the conference's workshops drew on the results of the country reports funded by Foundation EVZ. ODIHR provided a training on hate crimes, and the funding program STOP HATE CRIME! was introduced to the participants representing 88 organisations from 25 European countries.
Conference Report: English
Program: English
List Of Participants: English
Hate Crime - Forgotten Victims. International Conference On The Situation Of Victims Of Hate Crime And Victim Assistance In The Czech Republic
Conference, March 22./23., 2010, Prague
Under the auspices of the Czech Minister for Human Rights and with the participation of ODIHR, the first international conference on hate crime took place in March 2010 in Prague. Participants from politics, NGOs and the general public discussed the situation of selected groups at risk of falling victim to hate crimes, the authorities' response to hate crimes and the recent debate on "extremism" in the countries represented. International working groups exchanged experiences in the realms of monitoring, counseling and prevention.
Conference Report: English | Czech
UNITED We Build the Future! Empowering Civil Society to Face New Challenges
Conference, October 23.-28., 2009, Kiev
The conference aimed at shaking the anti discrimination movement out of its observer mode and at finding new methods, ideas and capacity for a stronger and more effective civil society.
Within the conference frame international participants from all over Europe committed themselves in working groups, workshops, plenary sessions and a special integrated seminar to work on specific issues, including strategies against the rise of right wing extremism, populist propaganda and hate speech; migration flows and ‘migrantophobia’; and institutional racism.
Foundation EVZ introduced its concept to support projects against hate crimes to the participants.
Further Project-Related Publications
Publications of the Projects
Campaign Against Homophobia, Warsaw, Poland, Violence Motivated By Homophobia - Report 2011 Polish | English
Campaign Against Homophobia, Warsaw, Poland, Activity Report 2009: English
Helsinki Foundation For Human Rights, Warsaw, Poland, Racism in Poland - Report on Research Among Victims of Violence with Reference to National, Racial, or Ethnic Origin: Polish | English
Nash Mir - Our World Gay and Lesbian Center, Kiev, Ukraine, Factsheet on the Situation of LGBT in Ukraine: English
Nigdy Wiecej, Warsaw, Poland, Brown Book 2009/2010: English | Polish
Nomada, Wrocław, Poland, Do You Have A Problem? Hate Crime in Wrocław: Polish
Recent Publications
Report of the 2nd
International Hate
Crime Conference
Country Reports:
Hate Crime and
Victim Support in
Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine
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