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Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor's Office Special Hate Crimes and Discrimination Service Mr. Miguel ngel Aguilar, Public Prosecutor Hate Crimes : Institutional Coordinated Response Prosecutors' Office and Security Forces City & Province

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Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor's Office Special Hate Crimes and Discrimination Service

  • Mr. Miguel Ángel Aguilar, Public Prosecutor
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Hate Crimes : Institutional Coordinated Response

Prosecutors' Office and Security Forces

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5.552.050 Inhabitants

BARCELONA City & Province

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1) Specialized response Prosecutor's Office

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Special Hate Crimes and Discrimination Service Barcelona Provincial Prosecutor's Office Background: June 2007 Service Created: October 2009

Instruction Provincial

Prosecutor's Office Barcelona 1/09

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Functions Service:

  • Acknowledge and follow up of all the Judicial

Procedures in Criminal Acts Committed

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Discriminatory or Hate motive or grounds.

  • Coordination
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250 prosecutors

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all the province

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Barcelona & Technical Support (Legislation & Jurisprudence both national & international).

  • Investigation

Procedures

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the Prosecutors Office, with functional coordination of the Police while investigating.

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Collaboration with Civil Society

Areas: a) Racism & Xenophobia b) LGBT c) Religion Objectives: “Victims do not file complaints. Let's get closer to them” Members: NGOs, Public Administrations & Police

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2 )Establishing a Protocol

Catalonia Police Protocol 2010:

How to investigate hate crimes. Proof of motive for the crime. Organized groups. Victims Assistance.

Prosecutors service:

Instruction 1/2009 Protocol for public acts with possible Incitement to Violence, Hate & Discrimination

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Discrimination for ethnic reasons

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Racism

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Xenophobia

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Hatred for the poor (Spanish: Aporofobia).

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Religious Intolerance : Islamophobia,

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Anti-Semitism

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Anti - Christianism

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Discrimination for health reasons

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Discrimination for disability

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Discrimination for Gender

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Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

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Discrimination for age

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Bullying

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Violence & Hate in Sports

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2013: Extension of the Project to the rest

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delegation for the tutelage

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equality and non discrimination at the Spanish State's General Prosecutor. (2011).

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Prosecutors that have recently been appointed in all the Spanish provinces.

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Challenges

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a) Complaints not recorded b) Crimes unreported

1.-Lack of Knowledge of the acts

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2.- Tendency to Minimize

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  • Not Reporting
  • Lack of Trust or Fear of

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Justice Administration

3.- Victims

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  • 1. Police Level
  • 2. Judicial Level

4.- Lack of Investigations

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5.-Violence on Sports

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  • Need for criminal procedures for

minors and

  • Need for Education Authorities to

involve in the matter.

6.-Bullying

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7.- Hate Speech

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8.- Racial Profiling

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  • 1. Absence of Specific Training.
  • 2. Mandatory Training.
  • 9. Juridical Actors Training
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10.- Legal Reforms

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Thanks for your attention,