[ Tolerance and Non-discrimination ] Police Superintendent Paul Giannasi (l), United Kingdom Ministry of Justice, Sergeant Bahri Bylykbashi (c), Kosovo Police Service, and Sergeant Brett Parson, Washington D.C. Police Service, speak after an ODIHR meeting launching a hate crime training programme for lawenforcement officers, Vienna, 13 May 2011. (OSCE/Jonathan Perfect) prosecutors, government officials and NGOs in understanding the concept of hate crime and associated issues within the local context. Reviewing Legislation ODIHR reviews legislation related to anti-discrimination and hate crime, upon the request of participating States. The reviews provide support to lawmakers in ensuring that legislation is in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards and also offer recommendations on addressing potential areas of concern. These reviews are based on Hate Crime Laws – A Practical Guide, which was published by ODIHR in 2009 and is currently available in six languages (Bosnian, English, French, German, Romanian and Russian). In 2011, ODIHR reviewed draft anti-discrimination legislation in Moldova. In April, the Office also presented the results of its review of anti-discrimination legislation in Montenegro to the Ombudsman’s Office. ODIHR continued to provide joint legislative reviews with the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission in the area of freedom of religion or belief, including providing comments on Armenia’s legislation pertaining to freedom of religion and alternate service and discussing the results of the review with Armenian authorities. Supporting Law Enforcement Agencies in their Efforts to Tackle Hate Crimes In co-operation with the International Association of Prosecutors, ODIHR is currently developing Prosecuting Hate Crime: A Practical Guide. ODIHR held two consultation events in Vienna, the first on 7 and 8 March and the second on 17 November, to gather feedback on the draft guide. ODIHR also developed training materials and delivered training seminars in December to prosecutors in Ukraine on how to prosecute hate crimes. Training was also provided in Kosovo. ODIHR consulted police experts from throughout the OSCE region in May for its programme Training against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE). TAHCLE, the successor to ODIHR’s Law Enforcement Officers Programme (LEOP), is tailored to the needs and experiences of each country, so that it can be integrated into other training efforts. TAHCLE draws on existing resources and curricula of police training institutions and can be delivered directly to police or as training of trainers for pre-service or in-service training curricula. ODIHR helps authorities maximize the results of training by supporting the development and implementation of measures to ensure the skills acquired by police through the programme are put into practice. This multi-year programme includes ODIHR Annual Report 2011 55