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International Training-of-Trainers — Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) — Call for Applications

When

1 July 2025 (All day) - 4 July 2025 (All day)

Where

Warsaw, Poland

Organized by

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) invites applications to take part in a four-day international Training-of-Trainers workshop under ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) programme.

The aim is to train an international group of trainers who will be able to support the implementation of PAHCT training activities across the OSCE region. The event also aims to develop the capacity of national hate crime experts to deliver further hate crime training or train their own colleagues.

The course is open to current and retired prosecutors with specific experience in the field of hate crimes and discrimination from across the OSCE region. Prosecutors who have previously taken part in PAHCT training or Training-of-Trainers courses are also encouraged to apply.

Topics addressed in the training include:

  • Understanding prejudice, bias and stereotypes
  • The impact of hate crimes
  • The hate crime concept
  • Hate crime legislation and international standards on hate crimes
  • Prosecution of hate crime at the intersection of hate crime and criminalized ‘hate speech’
  • Bias indicators and proving bias motive
  • The sensitive and respectful treatment of hate crime victims during the criminal justice process

The training is interactive and requires a high level of active participation, including through group work and exercises. Participants will have the opportunity to apply what they learn and develop their training skills by conducting practice training sessions for other participants.

Participants are expected to:

  • have a strong interest in working on hate crime (ideally with hate crime as part of their current responsibilities);
  • participate full-time in the four-day, in-person training course between 1-4 July 2025;
  • study the training materials in advance; and
  • be available, at least once a year, to be an external trainer for ODIHR PAHCT training courses (on a consultancy basis), OR deliver at least one PAHCT training course or training based on PAHCT materials per annum in their national context.

Participants who complete the training will receive a certificate confirming they are an ODIHR-certified PAHCT trainer.

APPLICATION

Please complete the application form and upload your CV (in PDF or Word) by 7 April 2025. ODIHR will select 10 participants and will strive to ensure a geographical and gender balance among participants. 

Only nationals of OSCE participating States are eligible to apply. ODIHR will cover the costs of travel and accommodation for participants. 

Successful candidates will be informed about the outcome of the selection process by 18 April 2025.

For further infomation about the content of the training or the selection procedure, please contact marharyta.zhesko@odihr.pl.