ECRI, Report on Latvia (fifth monitoring cycle), 5 March 2019

Country

Latvia

Title

ECRI, Report on Latvia
(fifth monitoring cycle), 5 March 2019

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Year

2019

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Council of Europe body

Institution

ECRI | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance | Council of Europe

Main Thematic Focus

Racism & xenophobia Discrimination

Target Population

Muslims Migrants Ethnic minorities People of African descent & Black Europeans

Key findings

ECRI concluded the State Police College significantly intensified its training activities in the area of identification and investigation of hate crimes. However, ECRI recommended Latvia to establish a unit within the State Police tasked with reaching out to vulnerable groups in order to increase trust in the police and address the problem of under-reporting of hate crimes. ECRI noted that there is a lack of promotion of counter-speech among high-level political representatives and other public figures in response to hate speech. ECRI recommended to establish a comprehensive data collection system for hate crime incidents.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

The working methods for the preparation of the reports involve documentary analyses, a visit to the country concerned, and then a confidential dialogue with the national authorities.

Sample details and representativeness

ECRI’s reports are analyses based on a great deal of information gathered from a wide variety of sources.

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