Policy Field: Safety
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Bystander training
The City offers free bystander training. The training responds to different contexts (work, nightlife, etc.) and different forms of transgressive behaviour. In the first part, we explore why people often look away and do not react. In the second part, we provide 4 strategies to react and thus be an active bystander. City Profile: Roeselare
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Physical Reporting Point for Sexual Transgressive Behavior
Every year, Kortrijk organizes a citywide event during the third weekend of May. Different organizations collaborate to transform the entire city into a large-scale event. This year, in light of IDAHOT, we experimented with a physical reporting point and educational posters about the bystander effect. Research shows that LGBTQIA+ people are at a higher risk…
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OHNe Hass – Online portal for reporting hate and hate speech on the internet
The “OHNe Hass” portal enables the public to report online offenses such as insults, threats, and incitement to hatred directly to the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office with ease. No registration or login is required. Users are guided through a process to enter links, times, and other relevant details, and can also upload screenshots. There is…
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Community reporting of LGBTQI+-hate crimes, in collaboration with local CSO
equal‧brussels runs a pilot project in collaboration with RainbowHouse and safe‧brussels, based on the results of the 2019 Crime Survey as well as the FRA Surveys. The Crime Survey revealed a variety of reasons why people never file complaints about hate speech, hate crimes and discrimination with the police. The stories of street harassment and…
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Working group on hate crime against LGBTIQ people and women of the Municipal Preventive Council of the City of Mainz
The steering group of the Municipal Prevention Council of the City of Mainz has set up a working group on the topic of hate crime against LGBTIQ people and women. Four meetings have now been held on the following topics: – Police report on hate crime against queer people – Violence at CSD and information…
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Online Toolbox ‘Leuven cares’
The City of Leuven is launching the online toolbox ‘Leuven cares’. This is a practical tool for bar owners and event organizers to prevent and tackle transgressive behavior in nightlife. The toolbox is part of ‘Leuven cares’, a widely supported action plan through which the City of Leuven, together with partner organizations, strives to create…
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Campaign to Increase Reporting of Queer Hate Crimes
Campaign Slogan: „Anzeigen statt Aushalten“ („Reporting instead of Enduring“)Goals: to increase reporting of hate crime against LGBTI people and to increase solidarity and decrease tolerance of hate crime against LGBTITarget Group: everyone: victims as well as eye-witnesses and bystandersCooperations: with local police, public prosecutor’s office and NGOs from the LGBTI communitiesDuration: First displayed at public…
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Strengthening Queer Security: Workshop between the Queer Community and the Police
In May 2024, a first get-to-know-you workshop for members of Mannheim’s queer community and police employees took place at Mannheim Police Headquarters as part of the municipal field of action “Queer Safety”. The exchange was largely conceived by the Queer Center Mannheim in cooperation with the prevention department of the police. The aim of this…