HUMAN RIGHTS - SOLIDARITY - CHANGE
Coalition Europe is a new platform of Pan-European Human Rights NGOs in which a broad spectrum of Human Rights, antiracism, anti-discrimination groups, migrant organisations, women, LGTB, Roma, Jewish, Muslims and African descendants organisations work together on one single Human Rights issue at a time.
Coalition Europe believes that there is a need to build a cohesive NGO community throughout Europe that will develop common campaigns and will amplify the unheard voices of those who are suffering discrimination, exclusion and racism.
Coalition Europe Coordinator, Erika Harriford-McLaren with ODIHR Director, Amb. Christian Strohal and other NGO delegates.
OSCE High-Level Conference on Discrimination and Promoting Tolerance and Understanding in Bucharest, Romania, June 2007.
Coalition Europe Launches Campaign to Combat Hate Crimes in Europe
On March 15th Coalition Europe held a press conference at the House of Commons in the UK Parliament to launch its pan-European Campaign to combat hate crimes- From Hate Crimes to Human Rights. The conference highlighted the rising incidence of hate crimes throughout Europe and called attention to the Coalition’s desire to create a greater understanding and awareness of prevalence of hate-motivated crimes within all regions of Europe. The campaign aims to advocate for effective legislation and policy against hate crimes and for increased victim support.
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Coalition Members Attend High-Level OSCE Conference on Discrimination
Coalition Europe recently attended the OSCE High-Level Conference on Discrimination and Promoting Tolerance and Understanding, held in Bucharest, Romania from June 6-8, 2007. The Coalition provided recommendations to assist the OSCE participating states in developing a framework to combat hate crimes across Europe and Coalition Project Coordinator, Erika Harriford-McLaren presented an oral statement highlighting the need for participating states to focus on violent manifestations of hate to protect when addressing hate crimes. Additionally, Coalition members ILGA-Europe and The Magenta Foundation hosted a multi-media side event on hate crimes and the protection of bodily integrity in collaboration with Movimiento contra la Intolerancia (Spain), Kulturburo Sachsen (Germany) and International Youth Human Rights Movement (Russia).
