Seminar Programme 9:30 - 10:00 Registration and Coffee 10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and introduction. Ilze Brands Kehris, LCHR 10:05 – 10:10 Opening of seminar. Wicher Slagter, Netherlands Embassy 10:10 – 10:15 Address by Jos Kösters, Netherlands Helsinki Committee Part 1: Hate crime: background and EU context 10:15 – 10:45 Hate crime – violent intolerance and search for effective solutions. Ilze Brands Kehris and Anhelita Kamenska, LCHR 10:45 – 11:15  Policing racist violence: situation and trends in EU member states. (PPT, 357.00 KB) Dr. Robin Oakley, consultant on minorities (race) and criminal justice system, Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies, Royal Holloway – University of London 11:15 – 11:25 The emergence of hate crime in Latvia: recent developments. Dace Lukumiete, LCHR Part 2: Victims’ perspective: at the receiving end of hate crime 11:25 – 12:15 Roundtable sharing experience: Introduction by Reverand Juris Cālītis, discussants from Afro-Lat (Christopher Ejugbo, Peter Mensah), Mozaika (Jolanta Cihanovicha, Laris Grava) 12:15 – 13:30 Lunch Part 3: Policing hate crime: role and experience of police 13:30 – 14:00 The expression of intolerance in Latvia – trends and future expectations. Main tasks, objectives and methods of policing. Andris Dzenis, head of Riga State police 14:00 – 14:45 The case of Northern Ireland. Robin F Dempsey, Inspector, Community Safety Branch of Police Service of Northern Ireland 14:45 – 15:30 Hate crimes from a Swedish perspective. Eva Brännmark, Detective Super Intendent, Swedish National Police Board 15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break 15:50 – 16:50 The case of Amsterdam. Leo Wilde, Chief of the police program for multiculturalism and cohesion and Chief of the Vredesdetachment (Peace Force) of the Amsterdam police 16:50 – 17:15 Questions and discussion 17:15 – 17:45 Role of NGOs, best practice examples of NGO-police cooperation. Dr. Robin Oakley 17:45 – 18:00 Conclusions 18:00 Reception More information and presentations available in Latvian. | 
