Strengthening access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech 

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Assisting national beneficiaries to collect disaggregated data on discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes in Ukraine

Recording and reporting hate crime, discrimination and hate speech remain an important priority for public authorities, the Ombudsoffice and civil society in Ukraine. Disaggregated data collection is a central consideration in the process of monitoring the implementation of national legislation concerning equality.

The regional Partnership for Good Governance II project “Strengthening access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Eastern Partnership countries” will support national entities through expertise, training and support to awareness-raising in 2020 and 2021. These activities will also support the implementation of the latest European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) monitoring report on Ukraine, which contains recommendations on improving the data collection system.

Following two working meetings in 2019 and March 2020, the project produced a report with recommendations and an analysis of the current data collection.

A similar methodology will be proposed in two other countries of the project, namely Republic of Moldova and Armenia. Through this type of activities, the PGG II project “Strengthening access to justice through non-judiciary redress mechanisms for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Eastern Partnership countries” aims to improve the application of anti-discrimination legislation and its monitoring and to build public awareness among the general public and vulnerable communities of existing redress mechanisms to discrimination, hate speech and hate crime.

The Partnership for Good Governance II is funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe; and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Data collection report :  English   Ukrainian 

Ukraine 23 September 2020
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Who will benefit from this project?

  • General public and in particular victims of discrimination, hate speech and hate crime, will benefit from better protection of their rights through non-judicial redress mechanisms
  • Equality bodies and/or Ombudspersons’ Offices
  • Civil society organisations working with/representing vulnerable communities
  • Ministries of Justice, Ministries of Interior, Judiciary and law enforcement agencies

 

How will the project work?

  • In close co-operation with the national partners
  • Through regional activities and networking to support peer learning from good practices
  • Applying a tailor-made approach to meet the concrete needs of the country
  • Building on the results of co-operation in the field of anti-discrimination under PGG Phase I (2015-2018)
Objectives
  • To improve access to justice for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech through non-judicial redress mechanisms
  • To strengthen the capacity and co-operation of Equality bodies/ Ombudsoffices with NGO partners on redress mechanisms to discrimination, hate speech and hate crime
  • To raise awareness towards non-discrimination and to increase the visibility of national redress mechanisms 
Project factsheet

Strengthening the access to justice through non-judiciary redress mechanisms for victims of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Eastern Partnership countries

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Expected results
  • The legislation on anti-discrimination, hate crime and hate speech is improved and implemented more effectively in line with European human rights standards
  • Procedures and tools for disaggregated data gathering on hate crime are further strengthened
  • The capacity of Equality bodies/ Ombudspersons’ Offices and NGOs to assist men and women from vulnerable groups in pursuing discrimination complaints through relevant non-judicial redress mechanisms is increased
  • Awareness of the work of ‘equality bodies’ / Ombudspersons’ Office and non-judicial redress mechanisms is increased among women and men from vulnerable communities, general public, and NGOs
  • National stakeholders have the competences and readiness to combat hate speech in a coordinated manner
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Duration: 1 January 2019 - 28 February 2023

Funding: European Union and Council of Europe

Budget: 1,914,000.00 Euros

Implemented by: Council of Europe’s Anti-Discrimination Department (Directorate General  of Democracy).

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