Anti-Semitism
          

This section provides an overview of international commitments and local and national activities developed and implemented to counter anti-Semitism, including declarations of the OSCE participating States, who committed themselves to promoting educational programmes for combating anti-Semitism and disseminating lessons learned in the fight against intolerance and discrimination.

This section also provides a collection of materials, documents, and practices and initiatives in the field of education on anti-Semitism.

This section gives access to a wide range of publications and documents relating to different forms of anti-Semitism in the OSCE region. It includes information on Holocaust denial and anti-Zionism. The section covers hate crimes, hate speech and other forms of prejudice and hatred against Jews and the Jewish community.

Links to organizations and institutions active in the field of education on anti-Semitism can be found here.

Latest documents and publications
Astana Declaration by the Chairperson-in-Office
OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)
Published: Astana : OSCE, 30 June 2010

Meeting: OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (Astana, 29-30 June 2010)


Doc.no. CIO.GAL/111/10


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Material type: declaration
Subject: tolerance - anti-discrimination - anti-racism - anti-Gypsyism - anti-Semitism - Islamophobia - xenophobia - freedom of religion or belief - Christianophobia - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Country coverage: OSCE region

Remarks by Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative of the CiO on Combating Anti-Semitism
Baker, Andrew ; OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)
Published: Astana : OSCE, 28 June 2010

Meeting: OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (Plenary session 2, Combating anti-Semitism : Astana, 29-30 June 2010)


Doc.no. CIO.GAL/106/10


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Material type: speech
Subject: anti-Semitism - hate crime - hate speech - political discourse - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Country coverage: OSCE region

Consolidated summary of recommendations

Published: Astana : OSCE, 28 June 2010

Meeting: OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (Civil society preparatory meeting, 28 June 2010 : Astana, 29-30 June 2010)


Doc.no. ODIHR.GAL/44/10


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Material type: recommendation
Subject: racism - discrimination - xenophobia - hate crime - Islamophobia - anti-Semitism - Christianophobia - homophobia - freedom of religion or belief - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Country coverage: OSCE region




Upcoming events
OSCE High Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
Astana
29-30 June 2010
A preparatory meeting for civil-society representatives will be held on 28 June 2010More information


Key documents
Strategies in facing antisemitism : an educational resource guide (with contributions from the ODIHR)
SWC ; Yad Vashem
31 December 2008
Addressing anti-Semitism : why and how? A guide for educators
ODIHR
19 December 2007
Guidelines for schools prepared jointly by the ODIHR and Yad Vashem.
Press release
Education on the Holocaust and on anti-Semitism : an overview and analysis of educational approaches
ODIHR
2006
Document prepared for the OSCE Conference on anti-Semitism and on other forms of intolerance, Cordoba, 8-9 June, 2005.
Press release
Teaching materials on anti-Semitism : factsheet
ODIHR
25 September 2006
An overview of teaching materials on anti-Semitism prepared in co-operation with the Anne Frank House.
International action against racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance in the OSCE region : a comparative study
ODIHR
10 September 2004
Overview of international efforts to combat racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and intolerance in the OSCE region. Looks specifically at the work of the ODIHR, the ECRI, the EUMC, and the UNCERD/UNOHCHR.