- 2020/11/27
On December 10th, an international conference on hate crimes
On December 10th, an international conference “Promoting effective response to hate crimes and hate speech in Lithuania” will take place during the National Forum on Human Rights | 2020. Due to Covid-19 pandemic situation, the event will take place online.
During the conference, Lithuanian and international experts will be doing their presentations. Every session will involve a discussion in which law enforcement officers, representatives from NGOs and international organisations, as well as members of vulnerable communities will participate. You can find the programme on https://nztf.lt/en/ in the column Program -> Conference hall (5th floor) (starting at 11:45am). We will share the detailed descriptions of the discussions soon.
With this conference we aim:
- To draw the attention of the national institutions to the need of an effective response to hate crimes;
- Give voice the victims of hate crimes.
- Strengthen cooperation between NGOs, national institutions and interested individuals in fighting hate crimes;
- Promote discussions about the real situation of hate crimes in Lithuania, search for possible solutions;
- Exchange ideas and practice in fighting hate crimes on the level of local communities and national institutions.
If you wish to participate, register here https://bit.ly/39jVZlb and choose the discussions marked as “Hate crimes conference”.
On the day of the event, you can watch the conference on https://nztf.lt/en/ website. If you would like to ask questions, you will have the opportunity to join the discussion via a special link, which you will find on the even website next to the live broadcast.
The conference is organised by the European Foundation of Human Rights by implementing the project #MesVisi. Project partners – Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights, Lithuanian Police School and Human Rights Monitoring Institute. The conference is partially funded by European Union Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme and Good Will Foundation.
