APPENDIX 1 From 7 to 9 November, ODIHR representatives conducted meetings with state officials and civil society organizations as part of a needs assessment visit to Iceland at the invitation of the government of Iceland. During the visit, ODIHR also held a half-day workshop for 15 senior officials (nine women and six men) to raise awareness about hate crimes and to present the TAHCLE and Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT13) Programmes. At the workshop, ODIHR facilitated discussions on hate crime incidents in Iceland and the existing national legal framework to address them along with shortcomings. The discussions sparked a lively and constructive exchange between participants representing all branches of the criminal justice system, which was highly appreciated by them. On 29 December, Icelandic authorities and ODIHR signed an MoU for the implementation of both the TAHCLE and PAHCT Programmes14. The MoU foresees the training of ten Icelandic police officers and ten Icelandic prosecutors as trainers for TAHCLE and PAHCT courses, respectively. The training activities are to be conducted in 2017. From 5 to 7 December, in response to a request by the Maltese Academy of Discipline Forces for ODIHR’s assistance in implementing TAHCLE in Malta, ODIHR visited Malta to conduct a series of meetings with government officials and civil society organizations to gather information about the hate crime situation in Malta. During the NAM, ODIHR also negotiated the modalities of TAHCLE implementation in Malta and the provisions of the MoU, which is expected to be signed in early 2017. ODIHR also facilitated an awareness-raising workshop on hate crimes for 14 police officers and investigators (seven men, seven women) of the Malta Police Force. Following the presentation of the TAHCLE Programme, ODIHR delivered modules on hate crime definition, international standards, relevant national legislation and the impact of hate crimes. In their feedback, participants welcomed the interactive and engaging nature of the session and the training materials. ODIHR also reviewed draft amendments to the criminal codes of Moldova and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia pertaining to bias-motivated crimes in 2016. The revised draft amendments of the Criminal Code of Moldova revealed the positive impact that ODIHR expertise had had on the draft amendments, as more than half of the key recommendations were taken into account during the revision process. Public Order and Crisis Management In 2016, ODIHR finished its 3rd Assembly Monitoring Cycle to support participating States in the implementation of their commitments on freedom of peaceful assembly and published a thematic report that included the main findings and recommendations based on the observation of 77 assemblies in seven OSCE participating States15. The facilitation of the exercise of freedom of peaceful assembly by police was one of the key aspects of ODIHR’s assessment. ODIHR also conducted assembly monitoring exercises in Sweden and Poland, including the observation of 13 assemblies. The composition of the monitoring teams was seven men and seven women. During 2016, ODIHR, in co-operation with the EUAM, delivered two training sessions on human rights-compliant policing of assemblies in Ukraine for a total of 48 public order police commanders and representatives from the national guard (45 men and 3 women). The training sessions were based on the newly developed Human Rights Handbook on Policing Assemblies16, published in March, which provides key information for police commanders on assemblies and public order management. The three-day interactive training sessions focused on international human rights standards, the key principles of assembly policing, the planning and decision-making model, communication and accountability. Other In 2016, ODIHR observed 15 elections across the OSCE region to assess compliance with OSCE commitments, international obligations, and other standards for democratic elections, as well as to offer concrete recommendations to support participating States in improving their electoral processes. Aspects assessed included the activities of the police in implementing and enforcing relevant aspects of the legal framework throughout the various stages of an election. To complement an existing array of handbooks devoted to various aspects of election observation, ODIHR initiated the development of guidelines on the role of public security providers in elections. The guidelines aim to ensure that the assessment of the role and performance of public security providers during an election are carried out in a professional and consistent manner, as well as to assist public security providers in performing their election-related functions. The guidelines are expected to be published in the second half of 2017. 13 Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) Programme, http://www.osce.org/ odihr/pahct. 15 Monitoring of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Selected OSCE Participating States (April 2015 – July 2016), http://www.osce.org/odihr/289721 14 OSCE/ODIHR news item is available at http://www.osce.org/odihr/291591. 16 Human Rights Handbook on Policing Assemblies, http://www.osce.org/odihr/226981 137