Appendix 1 the Spanish MoI. It brought together 25 participants (12 women and 13 men), among them ODIHR’s National Point of Contact on Hate Crimes from the Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia, police and Guardia Civil officers specialized in hate crimes, intelligence officers, hate crime prosecutors, MoI officials, police data and statistics experts and civil society representatives. As a result of the workshop, participants drafted a series of recommendations, summarized by ODIHR and FRA in a report submitted to the Spanish authorities. Furthermore, ODIHR contributed to a number of events on hate crime related topics: • From 1 to 3 October, ODIHR contributed to the CEPOL Course “Policing the Impact of Migration - Public Order, Hate Crime, Integration” by delivering a lecture on “Combating Racism and Xenophobia: legislation and policies, hate crimes against migrants”. During their lecture, ODIHR introduced the OSCE hate crimes concept, the impact of hate crimes, and discussed the role of the law enforcement to prevent and address such crimes and the key international obligations related to it. The discussion that followed shared experiences of various countries on addressing hate crimes. The 26 participants (seven women and 19 men) included police officers, border guards, prosecutors, and reception services’ staff working with migrants. • From 17 to 18 October, ODIHR participated at the 5th Independent Police Complaints’ Authority Network Seminar on “Relations of the police and the population: challenges and practices” in Paris. ODIHR presented its activities in relation to police, Roma, and Sinti and on hate crimes and hate incidents. The event was co-organized by FRA and the French institution ‘Défenseur des droits’ and was aimed at 200 participants from the police and other criminal justice agencies, independent police oversight bodies, including equality bodies, International organizations and CSOs. The event addressed thematic issues such as discriminatory police practices and unlawful profiling, victims and vulnerable groups, and the management of public demonstrations. • From 22 to 23 October, ODIHR contributed to the annual “Regional Conference on Hate Crimes in South-Eastern Europe” focusing on hate crime education, organized by the Mission to Serbia in Belgrade. The event gathered participants and speakers from Serbia, North Macedonia, BiH and Kosovo, including government experts, prosecutors, police officers, civil society, and youth. Panel sessions focused on training judges, prosecutors, and police respectively, as well as on awareness-raising initiatives and university addressing hate crimes. teaching approaches in • From 4 to 5 December, ODIHR contributed to the International Law Enforcement Academy “Countering Bias-Motivated Crimes (Hate Crimes) training” in Budapest. The annual training event on hate crimes, facilitated by three Atlanta police officers (one woman and two men) and ODIHR, gathered police officers as well as prosecutors from Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, and Romania (11 women and 23 men). The participants ranged from frontline police officers, to police senior management and representatives of prosecutor generals’ offices. ODIHR contributed with a session on its work on hate crimes, including on providing opinions on draft hate crime legislation, guidance for police and prosecutors, work on recording and data collection, challenges related to the comprehensive approach to hate crimes, ODIHR’s TAHCLE and PAHCT training programmes. In 2019, ODIHR continued to strengthen the capacity of participating States and civil society to prevent and respond to the phenomena of anti-Semitism, including through addressing hate crimes and strengthening the security concerns of Jewish communities. • From 18 to 19 March, ODIHR contributed to the Conference on “Circle of Security and Resilience”, organized by the European Jewish Congress Security and Crisis Centre, held in Brussels. The conference brought together 67 (15 women and 52 men) representatives from the law enforcement agencies, Jewish community, and academia. The topics discussed by 18 speakers (four women and 14 men) focused on the role of law enforcement and international CSOs in providing security to Jewish communities, the threats to security, and tools to increase such security, such as the technology of safe cities. During the event, ODIHR presented its work on addressing anti-Semitic hate crimes, its tools and projects, and areas for potential co-operation with civil society and law enforcement authorities. • On 2 April, ODIHR organized an awareness-raising event in Brussels entitled “Responding to anti-Semitic hate crimes and addressing the security needs of Jewish communities in Belgium”. Co-organized with the Federal Public Service of Justice of Belgium and in co-operation with the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the event brought together 61 participants (23 women and 38 men), including government and law enforcement representatives, and Jewish community members. The aim of the event was to discuss the security challenges facing Jewish communities, share best practice, identify opportunities on improving 139

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