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National Security Institutions and the Jewish Community in North Macedonia: Raising Awareness and Building Effective Communication

When

12 April 2022 (All day)

Where

Skopje, North Macedonia

Organized by

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Mission to Skopje, the World Jewish Congress, the European Commission Coordinator on combating Antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, and the Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia

The aim of the event is to raise awareness among law enforcement officials about the nature of Jewish life and culture in North Macedonia, and to identify current and potential challenges facing the Jewish community, including specific security issues stemming from anti-Semitic bias and conspiracy theories.

The event also aims to enhance effective and meaningful communication and collaboration between the authorities and the Jewish community in North Macedonia by strengthening co-ordination structures. In doing so, the event will contribute to increasing recognition of and addressing anti-Semitism in all its forms.

Participants 

The meeting will gather representatives from the following entities in North Macedonia: 

  • The Jewish community; 
  • The Ministry of the Interior; 
  • The Police; 
  • The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia.

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.”

In November 2018 in Skopje, ODIHR organized a regional awareness-raising conference on responding to anti-Semitic hate crimes and addressing the security needs of Jewish communities. Representatives of the Jewish community and state authorities of North Macedonia participated in the conference. The event is a continuation of these efforts.

This online event is part of ODIHR’s project ‘Turning Words into Action to Address Intolerance’ (WiA).