As part of the EU's efforts to counter racism and xenophobia, the Commission published a Staff working document in March 2019 entitled ‘Countering racism and xenophobia in the EU: fostering a society where pluralism, tolerance and non discrimination prevail.’ It outlines a ‘comprehensive policy approach to foster equality and non-discrimination, as well as to prevent and fight against all forms of racism and xenophobia.

Social media companies are acutely aware of and determined to help tackle the problem of hate speech, especially after the attacks in Christchurch. However, progress in this area will only be possible if all relevant stakeholders – social media companies, governments, civil society and faith groups – work together.

In 2019 the French Parliament adopted a new law on online hate speech, the ‘Avia law,’ which regulates the ‘take down’ of racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and other hateful content.

Promoting and protecting freedom of religion of belief is a foreign policy priority of the UK. That policy has a dual premise: to draw international attention to the worst cases of violations of the right and discrimination against people because of their faith; and also to maintain a longer-term focus on working with countries to build more inclusive, tolerant and resilient societies – thereby preventing religious hatred and violence.

‘Groeten uit Holland’ (‘Greetings from Holland’), which follows five first-generation Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent in their daily lives in the Netherlands, and in their efforts to adapt to Dutch traditions and culture. The series had a significant impact on the perceptions of people in the Netherlands towards migrants. It helped to challenge popular narratives of North African migrants and Islam as a ‘problem’ or a ‘threat to the traditional Dutch way of life,’ and reveal the daily discrimination directed towards Dutch people of Moroccan descent.

Human Dimension Implementation Meetings are, similarly to the meetings of the Istanbul Process, designed to provide a positive space where participating States can share and develop good practices and effective policy responses.

Community Security Trust is a charity active in the UK, which provides security advice and training for Jewish communal organisations, schools and synagogues.

TellMAMA is a UK-based NGO that seeks to monitor, record and classify anti-Muslim hate crimes, and provide a reporting web portal as well as support to victims.

True Vision is an online reporting facility for the victims of hate crimes run by the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK.

The UK Hate Crime Action Plan was published in July 2016 and uses disaggregated data to develop strategies of prevention. The Action Plan focuses on key areas to tackle hate crime.

In order to better understand, and therefore to develop effective policy responses to such hate crimes, the UK Government reports that it is important to gather robust and disaggregated data, in order to inform public debate and policy responses.

The Ministry of National Harmony, under the leadership of the Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Harmony, organised a National Conference on Interfaith Harmony in February 2013.