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HATE CRIME & HATE SPEECH VICTIMS SUPPORT HANDBOOK

The STAND-UP project has launch a Hate Crime & Hate Speech Victims Support Handbook. This manual aims to offer support to public authorities (in particular LEAs and judicial bodies) throughout the RIPP cycle, offering guidelines and best practices to strengthen victim support and protection in the process. It also promotes cooperation with CSOs to ensure the prioritisation of victim protection (as per Victims’ Rights Directive) & encourage “sensitive investigation and prosecution”.

The main topics covered on this Handbook are:
1. A summary with terminology and a synthesis of the STAND-UP project plans and the technology tool OSINT used

2. Context on Hate speech crimes Victims’ rights in the EU, defining who are hate crime victims, types of hate/hate speech crimes and its impact, as well as a victim-centred approach to support

3. The role of CSOs: considering the victims needs in order to provide and ensure access to adequate support services, working towards sustainability of support service providers, proposing different ways to report a hate crime and an approach to the LGTBI community hate crimes

4: The role of Prosecutors: addressing causes of underreporting for improve the reporting culture, assessing credibility without bias or prejudices and addressing possible conflicts with victims

5. The legal framework and good practices of Italy, Greece and Spain

6. Conclusions and a toolkit for analysing a case of hate speech

This Handbook has been developed by the authors Alessandra Brigo, Camilla Vedovato, Giulia Meco, Ivana Velkova from The European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA).

Here you can read the complete Handbook:

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Defining hate crime report: ‘What is hate crime?’

The “Defining Hate crime report” is a deliverable elaborated within the STAND-UP project on current perspectives and approaches toward the definition of Hate Crime based on the results of a survey and desk research.

The report comprises the international, regional and European framework, the discussion on hate crime rationales, a harmonisation approach towards a possible “common” definition of hate crime and conclusions.

Hate crime is a phenomenon that has received global recognition. It differs from ordinary crimes because of the motivation of the perpetrator, the impact they have not only on the victim but also on persons that share the same characteristics and society as a whole, and the specific legal arrangements established to handle hate crime and its consequences to people and society.

Hate crime violates the dignity of the individual and the idea of equality between members of society, damaging tolerance and plurality due to the ‘normalisation’ of these crimes because of their frequency and their unnoticed distinctive character. What is more, they create serious public orden problems as social exclusion and social unrest.

Though there is a multitude of international, European and national frameworks, it appears to be a lack of common understanding of exactly what hate crime is, how the legislation should work and which groups should be protected. The following report seeks to address this challenge.

The authors are Anastasia Chalkia, Katerina Charokopou and Eva Tzavala from the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR), member of the STAND-UP Consortium.

You can read the full report and name it mentioning the authorship and project!

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Italian STAND-UP trainings in June

3 trainings will be held in the cities of Venice (on 21 June), Milan (on 28 June), and Rimini (on 29 June) in Italy, in the framework of the Stand-Up project. These regional courses are taught in Italian, following the Greek courses held in May, and the next ones to be held in Spain in September.

The aim of the trainings is to improve the competences and technological skills to combat hate phenomena. They will teach how to use OSINT and Falkor software to monitor hate speech and will implement Virtual Reality simulations. Courses will also explain Hate phenomena and national and european legislation, will have a victim-centred approach and focus on public-private cooperation.

The trainings are addressed to members of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), Public Authorities (judiciaries, ministries,prosecutors), or associationss or communitiess affected by hate crime or hate speech.

The courses are organised by Agenfor, a member of the Stand-up consortium. The technology tools block will be delivered by Falkor.

If you are interested, do not hesitate to contact Viviana Gullo (viviana.gullo@agenformedia.com) to register or for more information.