Tolerance and Non-discrimination Programmes Programmes Region Freedom of Religion or Belief OSCE Region Law Enforcement Officer Programme on Combating Hate Crime OSCE Region Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Hate Crimes and Violent Manifestations of Intolerance OSCE Region Tolerance and Non-discrimination OSCE Region Educational Activities to Promote Tolerance, Respect, and Mutual Understanding and Remembrance of the Holocaust OSCE Region Hate Crime Legislative Assistance OSCE Region known to executive and legislative authorities. The ODIHR will also offer to review possible legislative proposals using the guidelines for the review of hate crimes legislation that will be developed in the course of 2006. 4. Civil society The ODIHR will organize training seminars for NGOs in order to support their efforts and increase their capacity to monitor, report on, and respond to hate-motivated crimes and incidents. The ODIHR will also intensify its efforts to support civil society to monitor and report on hate-motivated acts by developing a standard training curriculum on the monitoring and reporting of hate crimes in co-operation with a group of experts, implementing a training programme, providing toolkits for complaints bureaux, and supporting small-scale monitoring projects. Furthermore, the Office will continue its outreach activities aimed at representative NGOs of those communities most impacted by intolerance and discrimination. Manifestations of intolerance and discrimination against particular groups in the context of the fight against terrorism will be a key issue. 5. Assistance for law enforcement and judicial ing Hate Crime in more OSCE states in 2006, including Croatia and Ukraine. In addition, a component for prosecutors and investigating magistrates is being added to the programme, which, as originally piloted, was aimed solely at police investigators. The ODIHR will bring together experts in the areas of legislation, law enforcement, and data collection in order to develop a task force that will be ready to assist participating States in their efforts to prevent and respond to hate crimes in a comprehensive manner. 6. Freedom of religion or belief The ODIHR will work with the Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief to continue its efforts to support participating States in reviewing their laws pertaining to freedom of religion or belief, using the newly developed legislative guidelines as a basis. The Panel of Experts will also finalize an education module to support monitoring and reporting efforts of civil society (NGOs/faith communities) and to increase understanding within civil society and among state authorities of international standards of freedom of religion or belief. This module will be used to pilot training seminars on freedom of religion or belief for civil society and possibly for state authorities in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and South-Eastern Europe. officials in combating hate crime The ODIHR will continue to implement its Law Enforcement Officer Programme on Combat- ANNUAL REPORT 2005 71

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