Material is prepared in the framework of the LCHR project "Human Rights in Latvia - past, present, future". The project is financially supported by the Society Integration Fund from state funds allocated to the Ministry of Culture.
We congratulate all LCHR current and former staff, members, board members, volunteers, fellows, and all supporters, who have participated and supported our work throughout these years promoting human rights in Latvia.
From January to June 2023, as part of the project “On the way to a more tolerant society: awareness, education, support and cooperation”, several informative seminars were organised, informing a total of 221 persons (representing various target groups) about recognizing and reporting discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes.
The project «Active European Citizens Against Hate Speech» was funded with the support of the European Union under the Programme "Europe for Citizens"
Riga and Liepaja, Tallinn and Tartu, Vilnius and Kaunas, Zagreb and Rijeka, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, Sofia and Veliko Tarnovo – hosted youth events raising awareness of more than 350 young people about the harm of hate speech and motivating them to stand up against it. Young people who took part in the events were pupils, students, minorities, immigrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups. There were young people who are active in civic society activities and those who never took part in such events before. Local events outside the capitals and online helped to reached young people from rural areas.