Tolerance and Non-discrimination OSCE/Sarah Crozier Nasrin Khan (left), co-drafter of the ODIHR’s legislative guidelines on hate crime, discusses discrimination law with a colleague. society) were convened to develop the guide and to ensure it would be relevant and applicable to all OSCE states. Legislative support was also provided to two participating States (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Moldova), upon their request, through an ODIHR review of their draft anti-discrimination legislation. In one instance, comments were provided in close co-operation with the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) after a joint assessment mission. ODIHR also continued to take active steps to update its database of relevant legislation from OSCE States and to make this available on Legislationline.org and TANDIS, through both English- and Russian-language interfaces. Data collection A lack of comprehensive and public data on hate crimes hinders the ability of governments to understand the nature and distribution of hate crimes, to identify their impact on targeted communities and society, and to channel relevant resources in order to effectively respond to hate crime patterns. In 2008, ODIHR established further contact with data-collection experts, who are expected to serve as members 50 Annual Report 2008 of a future expert group on hate crime data that will provide technical support to government authorities in the collection and maintenance of reliable information about hate crime. The questionnaire developed by ODIHR and the NPCs will also help ensure greater consistency in the format of data submitted to ODIHR by OSCE states, thus enabling better analysis of this information. Training law enforcement officers The ODIHR Law Enforcement Officer Training Programme (LEOP) continued to provide support and technical assistance in 2008 to participating States in their efforts to strengthen the response of law enforcement officers to hate crime. Awareness-raising seminars and meetings among law enforcement experts were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine to discuss ways to further strengthen the response to hate crime and engagement with victim communities. Several consultative meetings were organized with representatives of the Polish Ministry of Interior to facilitate and support the implementation of LEOP in Poland. ODIHR co-organized the “Police Training Seminar on Hate Crimes