International resources

In this page, you can find:

  1. guidelines and training materials for law enforcement and civil society organisations about tackling hate (including how to collect hate data, how to create awareness campaigns, how to support victims);
  2. examples of different types of reporting tools and online repositories used by government and non-government agencies to collect hate crime and hate incidents report.

The list is not exhaustive, and aims to provide a diversity of approaches. We welcome the opportunity to expand this resource page with your suggestions.

You can download here an Excel file with all the sources that you find in this page. The file has additional categories and a brief description of each item that you can use to find the content that you are looking for.

Guidelines and training materials

 

European Union and UN

CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe – Guidelines for Monitoring of Hate Crimes and Hate Motivated Incidents

Council of Europe – Policing Hate Crime against LGBTI persons: Training for a Professional Police Response

EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, European Commission – Hate Crime training for law enforcement and criminal justice authorities

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Law Enforcement Officer Programme on Combating Hate Crimes

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Improving the recording of HC by law enforcement authorities

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Recording incidents

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Training to identify and record racist incidents (Project FIRIR)

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Compendium of Practices

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Ensuring justice for hate crime victims: professional perspectives

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) – Hate crime recording and data collection practice across the EU 

Facing Facts – Hate crime and hate speech: action and learning (online e-learning platform)

ILGA Europe – Handbook on monitoring and reporting homophobic and transphobic incidents

OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) – ODIHR, Hate Crime Reporting

OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)- Countering hate crime: working with the police

OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) – ODIHR’s annual hate crime reporting

OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) – Hate Crime Reporting. Our Methodology

OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) – Guides Related to Hate Crime

United Nations – Guidance Note on Addressing and Countering COVID-19 related Hate Speech

UK

Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York – Barriers to reporting and best practices

College of Policing, UK – Hate Crime Operational Guidance

Community Security Trust (CST) – Hate Crime. A guide for those affected.

Community Security Trust (CST) – A Guide to Fighting Hate Crime

Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) – User Guide: Hate & Bias Crime Monitoring Form

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) – Understanding the difference: The initial police response to hate crime

TellMAMA – Islamophobia – Series of Reports & resources

The Centre for Hate Studies, University of Leicester – Healing the Harms: Identifying how best to support hate crime victims

University of Sussex – Preventing hate crime: Emerging practices and recommendations for the improved management of criminal justice interventions

North America

Canadian Civil Liberties Association (Canada) – Teaching and Learning Resources

Manitoba Human Rights Commission (Canada) – Filing a complaint

Anti-Defamation League (USA) – Resource library

Anti-Defamation League (USA) – Responding to Hate: Information and Resources

ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing (USA) – Hate Crimes

Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (USA) – Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines And Training Manual

International Association of Chiefs of Police (USA) – Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer’s Guide to Investigation and Prevention

International Association of Chiefs of Police (USA) – Hate  Crime in America Summit Recomendations

Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition (USA) – Bystander Intervention Training

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA) – List of training resources

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA) – Bias Crime Assessment: A Tool and Guidelines for Law Enforcement and Concerned Communities

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA) – Student Manual

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA) – Responding to hate crime: a multidisciplanary curriculum for law enforcement and assistance professionals

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (USA) – Questioning Bias: Validating A Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool In California And New Jersey,

National Police Foundation (USA) – Releasing Open Data on Hate Crimes: A Best Practices Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies

Not In Our Town (USA) – Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective

Not In Our Town (USA) – Not In Our Town

Office for Victims of Crime, Training & Technical Assistance Center (USA) – Unit 6: Hate and Bias Crime

Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime U.S. Department of Justice (USA) – Victim Impact: Listen and Learn – Jee Young’s Story

Onlinesafety Feminist Frequency (USA) – Speak Up & Stay Safe(r)

Southern Poverty Law Center (USA) – Ten ways to fight hate: a community response guide

Stop Hate Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (USA) – Community Resources

The Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of Justice(USA) – Hate crime training

The Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of Justice(USA) – National Incident-Based Reporting System. Volume 1: Data Collection Guidelines

The U.S. Department of Justice(USA) – Hate crimes

Victims of Crime Resource Center (USA) – Hate Crimes