Quality Specialist Support Services for Hate Crime Victims: Training Course

Abstract

Hate crime is a manifestation of discrimination and intolerance that has a profound impact on victims, communities and societies. Victims of hate crimes require specialist services to support them in their recovery from these crimes, to enable them to effectively participate in the criminal justice process and to regain a sense of agency. This support includes practical help, emotional and psychosocial support, and advice relating to legal and financial issues, as well as community work. Such specialist support is tailored specifically to each individual who is a victim of or a witness to a hate crime, has experienced a hate incident or is affected by a hate crime committed against someone else. This training course on quality on specialist support services for hate crime victims has been developed as part of the Enhancing Stakeholder Awareness and Resources for Hate Crime Victim Support (EStAR) project [https://www.osce.org/odihr/hate-crime-victim-support], implemented by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Association of Counseling Centers for Victims of Right-wing, Racist and Antisemitic Violence in Germany (VBRG).