Programmes Region /Country Included work on: Anti-Trafficking OSCE Region • Supporting human rights-compliant approaches to combating trafficking • Legal assistance to victims of trafficking and vulnerable groups, including to obtain access to justice • Empowering marginalized and vulnerable groups to claim their rights; increasing the rights awareness of migrants at border crossings (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) • Monitoring cases of migrant workers through criminal or civil proceedings • Outreach to trafficked and vulnerable persons in immigration detention (Poland); to marginalized communities: peer education (Albania); to migrants and migrant workers (Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Poland, Serbia) • Establishing a network of (pro bono) lawyers for sustainable assistance to enhance trafficked persons’ access to justice and remedies • Human rights protection in the return of trafficked persons; promoting human rights safeguards in the return of trafficked persons; support for fact-finding missions for lawyers and psychologists; drafting a guide on safe return • Active membership in European Action for Compensation for Trafficked Persons (COMP.ACT) • Training modules from Compensation for Trafficked and Exploited Persons in the OSCE Region [ Annexes: Programmes and Projects ] Human Rights (cont.) Tolerance and Non-discrimination Programmes Region /Country Included work on: Educational and Public OSCE Region Awareness-Raising Activities to Promote Tolerance, Respect and Mutual Understanding and Remembrance of the Holocaust • Seminars for teachers (Ukraine) • New country versions of the teaching materials on anti-Semitism (Latvia, Hungary) • Guidelines for educators on countering intolerance and discrimination against Muslims, with the Council of Europe and UNESCO • Support to OSCE Chairmanship conferences (on confronting antiSemitism in public discourse; on preventing and responding to hate crime against Christians; on combating intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in public discourse) Combating Hate Crime OSCE Region • Guidelines for prosecutors on responding to hate crimes • Training of government officials, police, judges, prosecutors and civil society (Germany, Poland) • Web-based news platform on hate-motivated incidents reported by the media, www.icare.to/hate-crime-news.php • Roundtable on prevention of racism, xenophobia and hate crimes against people of African descent • Promoting Preventing and Responding to Hate Crime: A Resource Guide for NGOs in the OSCE Region (French and German versions) Freedom of Religion or Belief OSCE Region • Advice on legislation and practices affecting freedom of religion or belief (Armenia) • Publication of second edition of the Guidelines for Review of Legislation Pertaining to Religion or Belief • Capacity-building for state officials, emphasizing freedom of association for religious or belief groups and registration provisions ODIHR Annual Report 2011 71