New knowledge and effective tools for investigating hate crimes have learned the participants of the international training of trainers "Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training" (PAHCT). The activity took place on November 11-13, 2019, in Vienna, and was intended for a group of prosecutors from Armenia, the Czech Republic, Finland, North Macedonia, Poland, the Republic of Moldova and Spain.
From the National Institute of Justice, at the training sessions participated Dumitru Obada, Advisor to the Director of the NIJ, trainer, detached prosecutor, who will contribute to the further training of his colleagues from the national law system.
For three days, participants were mentored by OSCE representatives, Viktor Kundrak and Ales Giao Hanek, Hate Crime Officers. They spoke about the roles and objectives of training of PAHCT trainers, international obligations to investigate, prosecute and sentence hate crimes, the specific attributes of their criminal prosecution, as well as bias interpretations and prejudices in the regional context.
The training program included practical activities, case studies and sessions of discussion in order to share best practices and solve identified issues.
The event was organized by OSCE - the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.