As part of the project "Facts Against Hate", CPS is presenting two examples of good practice of intersectoral cooperation in the field of prevention of discrimination, hatred and violence.
Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Finland published a guide for police officers and stakeholders "Good practices for identifying and preventing acts of hatred". This guide is a part of the joint project Facts Against Hate.
The guide is also available in Finnish, Swedish and Croatian.
Arterarij, the Centre for Peace Studies, and the Roma youth organization of Croatia are launching Equality Weeks in Croatia!
On the International Day for Tolerance, on 16 November 2020, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) published its data on hate crimes for 2019.
The ‘Mutual learning regional conference on good practices and lessons learned from countering hate speech online’, which was organised online on 14 and 15 October 2020, presented good practices, lessons learned and developments in combating hate speech online. It brought together experts and practitioners from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia and also experts from other EU Member States. The aim of the conference was to contribute to the mutual learning in this important field.
The spreading of hate speech online is making it increasingly difficult to secure human rights, to protect human dignity, and to maintain the democratic standards of public communication and debate.
Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, countries of former Yugoslavia located on the Balkan migration route, face increasing hate speech online that exploit tensions and negative attitudes to minority groups.
Project „Facts Against Hate“ is continuation of the cooperation started in 2018 on the implementation of the project „Against Hate“.
The day before the International Day for Tolerance, on 16 November 2019, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights published its data on hate crimes for 2018.
Human Rights House Zagreb in partnership with the Centre for Peace Studies organizes a panel discussion "Regulation of Hate Speech on Social Networks – Threats to Freedom of Expression" at Croatian Journalist Association venue, Perkovčeva 2, Zagreb, on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 at 10.
