Counter-Hate project contributes to the assistance to victims of hate crimes, by guaranteeing that legislation and policies establish a victim-centered and intersectional approach. The Counter-Hate project fully address the objectives and priorities of the Justice Programme 2021. 

Its main priority is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of victims of crime, especially the effective application of the Victims’ Directive.

Counter-Hate directly addresses most of the basic principles established by the EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia, and other forms of intolerance: ensuring quality, sustainability and coordination of the victims’ services; targeting support to hate crime victims’ needs; facilitating effective access to support services; ensuring sustainability of civil society and/or community-based organizations providing support.

Objectives:

• To map legislations and policies regarding hate crimes and the assistance to victims;
• To analyze the experiences of victims, policy makers and key professionals;
• To foster the exchange of best practices and the cooperation between stakeholders
• To carry out a “training for trainers” module for security and justice practitioners;
• To raise awareness about the rights of victims of crime and available services

Activities

• Transnational analysis of legislation/ policies, as well as victims and key professionals’ perspectives;
• Workshops to exchange experiences and promote cooperation;
• Development of a training for trainers module and training pilots;
• Awareness-raising and dissemination activities.

Expected results:

• Increased understanding about the transposition of Victims’ Directive and the implementation of national policies;
• Improved knowledge about the professionals and victims’ experiences;
• Increased exchange of the successful measures among professionals;
• Strengthened cooperation between public and private bodies;
• Increased number of public and private organizations of victims’ support.

Outputs:

12 press-releases; 21 media articles; 6 scientific papers; 1 position paper; 1 awareness-raising video; 1 final conference.