The role of NHRIs in documenting and preventing hate crime: GNCHR at the Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology

The Greek National Commission of Human Rights (GNCHR) participated at the 23d Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (Florence 6-9 September 2023). GNCHR was represented by legal officers Eva Tzavala and Katerina Charokopou and Human Rights Officer Anastasia Chalkia. In their presentation GNCHR representatives focused on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) as key actors in documenting and preventing hate crime.

Since January 2022 GNCHR participates as a partner at the co-funded by the European Commission programme “STAND UP – Standing up against hate in the EU”.

The project aims to establish a public authority-led, multi-agency model for countering hate crime.

In the context of the programme, GNCHR delivers training to national authorities on hate crime and is currently conducting research on the use of data from open-source intelligence systems to enhance monitoring of the phenomenon of hate crime.