POLICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF FIELD OPERATIONS SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE in the events. In addition, from April to May, the DHRC organized workshops in Prishtinë/Priština, Gjakovë/ Ðakovica, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Pejë/Peć and Prizren, for police officers, judges and prosecutors handling domestic violence cases, to discuss more efficient ways to process these cases. In March, the DHRC of the Mission supported the Kosovo Forum of Women Judges and Prosecutors from Prishtinë/ Priština region in organizing a workshop to discuss minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crimes, followed by the launch of the Catalogue of Advice and Assistance for Victims of Crimes for Prishtinë/ Priština region. With the catalogue initially launched in 2016 in Gjilan/Gnjilane region, organization of workshops continued in 2017, and catalogues were launched in all other basic courts regions, including Prishtinë/Priština, Gjakovë/ Ðakovica, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Pejë/ Peć and Prizren. The events gathered representatives from justice institutions, namely police officers handling domestic violence cases, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, representatives from Victim’s Advocate Offices, Centres for Social Work, Free Legal Aid Offices and civil society organizations. From 29 November and 14 December, during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, the DHRC held four workshops for upper elementary school students on gender-based violence in the municipalities of Istok/Istog, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Prizren and Prishtinë/ Priština. The workshops involved 110 participants (58 girls and 52 boys), including groups of school students, school directors, psychologists or pedagogues and a representative from the municipal education directorates in each of the four municipalities. The overall objective of the workshops was to develop awareness amongst school students on forms of gender-based violence, where to report such cases and available services to protect victim’s rights. Participants expressed satisfaction with the workshops and requested further events in the future. Furthermore, during the campaign, the DHRC also hosted a workshop, gathering justice representatives, including KP from regions of Pejë/ Peć, Gjakovë/Ðakovica and Prizren, to highlight the role of justice actors in fighting domestic violence and genderbased violence. The discussions emphasized the active role of the police, courts and prosecutors in fighting gender-based violence and domestic violence. Hate Crime On 23 and 24 February, the Mission organized a meeting of the hate crime focal points from the OSCE field operations of SEE. In line with their commitments to address issues related to hate crime, the Missions and ODIHR presented their activities and achievements in 2016, and discussed their plans to continue supporting law enforcement agencies and civil society in increasing their response to hate crimes during 2017. All focal points shared their joint concerns related to lack of proper investigation of bias-motivated crimes, which lead to improper recording of hate crimes. The meeting focused on this year’s regional hate crime conference, held in October in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with a focus on the under-reporting issue. To address this, the OSCE field operations in SEE agreed to jointly conduct an under-reporting survey, which will target different vulnerable groups as potential victims of hate crime incidents. From 6 April and 11 May, the Mission organized eight oneday workshops for over 150 female and male members of LPSCs, with the purpose to increase their knowledge on recording, investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. LPSC members were trained on the concept of hate crimes, differences between bias-motivated and other types of crimes and their impact on the community. Moreover, during these workshops the Mission advocated for enhanced engagement of LPSCs in combating hate crimes, by working closely with the police and generating public response against this type of crime. On 17 and 18 May, the Mission, in co-operation with ODIHR, facilitated a two-day workshop on monitoring and reporting hate crimes, targeting representatives from the civil society. Fifteen participants from five different nongovernmental organizations (NGO)10 and the PIK were trained on understanding the concept of hate crimes, as well as on the difference between discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes. They were also introduced to bias indicators and the impact hate crimes have on victims and targeted communities, and practiced on case studies to increase their ability in identifying bias indicators and aggravated circumstances. Furthermore, the ODIHR representative presented the ODIHR annual report on hate crimes provided by different countries, international organizations and civil society; while the Mission introduced the participants to its capacity-building activities and monitoring of hate crime incidents. For sustainability purposes, the role of the civil society in identifying, monitoring and reporting of hate crimes was promoted, especially in advocating for more accountability of authorities to better respond to such crimes. On 18 May, the Mission’s DHRC organized a one-day capacity-building workshop for the justice institutions, including police officials, judges and prosecutors in Prishtinë/ Priština region. The workshop aimed to support institutions, police, prosecution and courts, improve their internal 10 Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (KRCT); Centre for Peace and Tolerance (CPT); European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo (ECMI Kosovo); The Roma Ashkalia Documentation Centre (RADC); and Handikos. 63