In September, the Mission began the first set of trainings for police investigators within the UK-funded extrabudgetary project that sought to bolster the capacity of police institutions in BiH to investigate wartime sexual violence. The trainings were organized in co-operation with both entities’ police academies and were based on Modules on Investigating Wartime Sexual Violence that were developed by the project, which encompass the following topics: applicable international norms and standards, the legal framework in BiH, investigation planning and strategy, approaches to witnesses (including witness trauma and psychological support, techniques to limit re-traumatisation of victims and to protect their privacy and confidentiality), effective collection and categorization of evidence, forensic aids to investigations, management of victims/witnesses and interviewing skills. In October, the Mission organized a training-of-trainers session on investigating wartime sexual violence for 18 in-service police officers from the Republika Srpska, Federation BiH, Brčko District and the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). The newly-trained police trainers delivered trainings in the last quarter of 2014 and will continue in 2015. The trainings have been in accordance with the formal training curricula adopted by the Police Academies in the Republika Srpska and Federation BiH after close consultation with the Mission. In 2014, a total of 103 police investigators/law enforcement officials were trained within the project at these two Police Academies, as well as at SIPA HQ. On 19 November in Sarajevo, the Launch of the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict took place as a joint endeavour by the UK Embassy in BiH, the Mission, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, the Post-conflict Research Centre, the Peace Support Operations Training Centre, MEDICA Zenica and other NGOs and institutional partners. During the launch event, the police training Modules on Investigating Wartime Sexual Violence developed by the Mission were also presented. Trafficking in Human Beings A workshop on labour exploitation was held in Sarajevo on 9 July, within the scope of a regional project implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in co-operation with France Expertise Internationale (FEI) and International Foundation of Administration and Public Policies of Spain (FIIAPP).The project has supported anti-trafficking actors in Azerbaijan, BiH, Moldova and Turkey, particularly by enhancing their capacity to improve data collection, analysis and information sharing on trafficking in human beings. The workshop gathered prosecutors, law enforcement agencies and international partners from BiH. The participants shared existing practices and lessons learned in investigation of cases of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation and were introduced to practical tools to assist them in their daily work handling trafficking cases. Two international experts participated in the workshop and shared their practical experiences in handling trafficking cases in the UK and the Netherlands. From 8-10 December, a training-of-trainers was held in Sarajevo on trafficking in human beings. Participants included staff nominated from all three police academies in BiH. The aim of the training was to enhance the skills of the teaching staff in BiH police academies to enable them to employ effective and modern methods in delivering THB-related training to police cadets and in-service police officers. The training was jointly implemented by the Mission and ICMPD. Hate Crimes Despite the significant number of hate incidents, only a small percentage of hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents are formally investigated and prosecuted. This further highlights shortcomings within the responses to hate crimes by authorities: incidents continue to not be 57