Law Enforcement and the Jewish Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication
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The event will raise awareness among law enforcement officials about Jewish history and culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also aims to lead to a greater understanding of the contemporary security challenges facing the Jewish community, and to facilitate effective and meaningful communication between representatives of the Jewish community and law enforcement authorities in the country.
Participants
The meeting will gather representatives from the:
- Ministry of Interior and the police in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Federation of the Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- World Jewish Congress
- OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Background
The OSCE’s 2014 Basel Ministerial Council Declaration called upon OSCE participating States to “increase efforts to implement existing OSCE commitments related to monitoring hate crimes and collecting relevant data, including motivated by anti-Semitism.” The Declaration also called on ODIHR to support participating States in their efforts to “facilitate co-operation between governmental officials and civil society on issues related to anti-Semitism, including hate crime.”
This online event is part of ODIHR’s project ‘Turning Words into Action to Address Intolerance’ (WiA).