Tolerance and Non-discrimination motivated incidents. It also presents examples of effective responses by OSCE states, as well as challenges that governments and civil society continue to face in their efforts to prevent and respond to hate-motivated incidents. TANDIS, ODIHR’s Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System, was developed to serve as a repository of information received from state and non-state partners and to support ODIHR’s efforts to disseminate information and highlight practical initiatives. A public website, http://tandis.odihr.pl, provides access to action plans, statistics, legislation, and initiatives to combat intolerance and discrimination, as well as international standards, reports, and practical tools. User statistics show that in 2007 between 3,000 and 4,000 users visited the TANDIS website monthly. Besides being a digital library, the website provides access to NGO reports and findings via HuriSearch, a search engine developed by HURIDOCS (Human Rights Documentation and Information Systems International). HURIDOCS developed a customized interface for HuriSearch for ODIHR to be able to provide access to targeted information on the issues that ODIHR deals with from more than 4,500 human rights organizations worldwide. Through Legislationline, ODIHR’s legislative database, the website provides access to information on existing hate-crime legislation in the OSCE region. In 2007, ODIHR developed a Russian home page for TANDIS. In addition, new sections were introduced, such as “Intolerance against Christians”, with references to international standards and reports; a “Data collection” section for hatecrime data experts; and a “Civil Society” section with information of special interest to NGOs. Further links to other intergovernmental organizations were added, which has contributed to increased information-sharing and co-operation. II. Improving responses to hate crimes Hate-crime legislation Since 2004, ODIHR has been collecting information related to hate-crime legislation from participating States and has created a database of this legislation that is accessible through ­Legislationline. In order to make the database more useful to lawyers and law-makers, it provides details of legislation on hate crime and an overview of the statutory mechanisms states have applied in dealing with hate crime. The type of information provided has been changed from summaries and descriptions to texts of legislation. Wherever possible, the legislation is available in English and in Russian. As the database shows, a growing number of states have specific legal provisions for crimes motivated by bias (excluding international crimes, such as genocide), either in the form of sentence enhancement or stand-alone hatecrime provisions. In the last year, a number of states enacted, or considered enacting, specific legislative provisions to punish bias-motivated crimes. ODIHR therefore commenced a legislative assistance programme, which includes the development of guidelines for hate-crime legislation in order to support OSCE states in their efforts to enact hate-crime legislation. The guidelines, which are being developed by experts from across the OSCE region, will set benchmarks for essential components of effective hate-crime laws and will be broadly applicable from a geographic standpoint despite the divergent legal systems and legislative frameworks in the region. 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 patterns of hate crime. As follow-up to the Tolerance Implementation Meeting on “Addressing the Hate Crime Annual Report 2007 55