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  • Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • Acronyms
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    • Part I: Information submitted by participating States
    • Part II: Additional information gathered by ODIHR and information on specific target groups
    • Part III: Recommendations
  • INTRODUCTION
    • OSCE Commitments and ODIHR's Mandate
    • Objective
    • Methodology
    • NGO data
    • IGO data
    • The media
    • Terminology
  • PART I - INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY PARTICIPATING STATES
    • A. Introduction
    • B. Data collection
      • Overview
      • Authorities responsible for hate-crime data collection
      • Bias-motivation categories
      • Overview of specific bias motivations recorded in statistics
      • Methodological issues relating to categorizing data
      • Types of crimes
      • Uses of data
      • Number of hate crimes
    • C. Legal Framework: overview of developments
      • European Union and European Court of Human Rights
      • National developments
    • D. Activities by international organizations to address hate crimes
      • OSCE and ODIHR Activities
      • Activities of other international organizations
    • E. Institutional developments
  • PART II - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY ODIHR AND INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC BIAS MOTIVATIONS
    • Introduction
    • Danger of escalation
    • Under-reporting
    • Intolerant discourse
    • Human rights defenders
    • Hate Crimes against specific target groups
  • RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC CRIMES AND INCIDENTS
    • Background
    • Information and data on crimes and incidents motivated by racism and xenophobia
    • Government and NGO responses to crimes and incidents motivated by racism or xenophobia
  • CRIMES AND INCIDENTS MOTIVATED BY BIAS AGAINST ROMA AND SINTI
    • Background
    • Information and data on crimes and incidents motivated by bias against Roma and Sinti
    • Government and NGO responses to crimes and incidents motivated by bias against Roma and Sinti
  • ANTI-SEMITIC CRIMES AND INCIDENTS
    • Background
    • Information and data on anti-Semitic crimes and incidents
    • Government and NGO responses to anti-Semitic crimes and incidents
  • ANTI-MUSLIM CRIMES AND INCIDENTS
    • Background
    • Information and data on anti-Muslim hate crimes and incidents
    • Government and NGO responses to anti-Muslim hate crimes and incidents
  • CRIMES AND INCIDENTS MOTIVATED BY BIAS AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND MEMBERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS
    • Background
    • Information and data on crimes and incidents motivated by bias against Christians and other religions
    • Government and NGO responses to crimes and incidents motivated by bias against Christians and members of other religions
  • CRIMES AND INCIDENTS BASED ON OTHER BIAS MOTIVATIONS
    • Background
    • Information and data on crimes and incidents motivated by bias against LGBT people
    • Government and NGO responses to crimes and incidents motivated by bias against LGBT people
    • Information on crimes and incidents motivated by bias against people with disabilities and against people from other groups
    • Government and NGO responses to crimes and incidents motivated by bias against people with disabilities and against people from other groups
  • PART III - RECOMMENDATIONS
    • Data collection
    • Legislation
    • Criminal justice agencies
    • Co-operation with civil society
    • Programmatic activities
    • Enhancing OSCE activities

    • Country-by-country overview

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    • ANNEX A: OSCE Commitments pertaining to hate motivated incidents and crimes
    • ANNEX B: List of NPCs
    • ANNEX C: Guidelines for NGOs on reporting hate crimes
    • ANNEX D: NGOs and Civil Society Organizations
    • ANNEX E: List of media sources
    • ANNEX F: Questionnaire for NPCs
    • ANNEX G: Maps
      • Overview of information submitted by participating States
      • Overview of information
      • Racism and Xenophobia
      • Roma and Sinti
      • Anti-Semitism
      • Intolerance against Muslims
      • Intolerance against Christians and members of other religions
      • Intolerance against LGBT persons
      • Intolerance against persons with disabilities