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Countering intolerance against Christians and other religions

  • Addressing Intolerance, Discrimination and Hate Crime: Responses of Civil Society and Christian and Other Religious Communities
    This report provides a summary of an expert meeting on civil society measures to address intolerance, discrimination and hate crime, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Geneva on 22 and 23 October 2019.
    Report
    23 April 2020
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  • Anti-Christian Hate Crime
    Christians of various denominations are targets of hate crime across the OSCE region. The nature of hate crimes against Christians ranges from attacks on property, including graffiti and vandalism, to physical assaults. This factsheet highlights how hate crimes affect Christians, and helps readers to effectively identify anti-Christian hate crimes. Only a strong response from all actors in societies can effectively challenge discrimination, intolerance and hate crimes against Christians.
    Factsheet
    31 July 2018
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  • Hate Crime Reporting: Bias against Christians
    Christians are the targets of hate crime across the OSCE region. These incidents are influenced by a number of factors, including the minority or majority status in a given territory, the level of recognition of particular religious groups in a given country, or political and media focus on these groups at a particular moment. ODIHR's hate crime reporting includes reports of physical assaults and murders that indicate that Jehovah's Witnesses are particularly at risk. Reports have also indicated that graffiti and vandalism against places of worship, the desecration of cemeteries and arson attacks against churches are some of the more common types of crimes motivated by bias against Christians.
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  • Hate Crime Reporting: Bias against members of other religions or beliefs
    Bias against individuals on the basis of religion or belief can take various forms. The extent and nature of attacks motivated by bias against a particular religion or belief are influenced by a number of factors, including the minority or majority status in a given territory, the level of recognition of particular religious or belief groups in a given country, or political and media focus on these groups at a particular moment.
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  • Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) I: Freedom of Religion or Belief: Final Report
    The first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) of 2017, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship in Vienna on 22 and 23 June, provided a forum to discuss the nature, status and scope of the universal right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in light of the OSCE’s comprehensive concept of security, and to discuss concrete actions for its advancement.
    Report
    7 June 2018
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  • High-Level Meeting on Preventing and Responding to Hate Incidents and Crimes against Christians, Rome, 12 September 2011: Summary Report
    The high-level meeting, co-organized by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), was held in Rome on 12 September 2011. This meeting was dedicated to exploring the problems of religious intolerance, discrimination and hate crimes targeting Jews, Christians and Muslims in the OSCE area.
    Conference / meeting document
    18 October 2011
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  • Report on roundtable on "Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians: Focusing on Exclusion, Marginalization and Denial of Rights"
    The OSCE recognizes that manifestations of discrimination and intolerance threaten the security of individuals and may give rise to wider scale conflict and violence that undermine international stability and security. In this context, participating States have adopted and reiterated a number of commitments on combating discrimination against Christians. As part of these efforts to fight intolerance and discrimination against Christians, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) held its first roundtable on intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Vienna on 4 March 2009.
    Report
    30 November 2009
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  • Cordoba Declaration by the Chairman-in-Office
    OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and on Other Forms of Intolerance, Cordoba
    Decision / declaration
    9 June 2005
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