2007 / 53 pp.
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Praise for 2007 Hate Crime Survey
“Human Rights First has done a valuable service by publishing this report on hate crimes in Europe and North America. It exposes the extent of physical and verbal attacks based on bias, hate and intolerance. It reveals the lack of protection by states through laws and reporting mechanisms, and the widespread indifference to the suffering caused to victims often afraid to complain…”
— Mary Robinson, Chair, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
“This report is a crucial contribution to promoting human rights in Europe today… A disturbing pattern of discriminatory attacks has emerged and reports like this one from Human Rights First are needed to challenge the complacency and indifference of European institutions.”
— Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA
“The 2007 Hate Crime Survey is nothing short of a wake up call both to law enforcement as well as policymakers that hate crimes are on the rise around the world and deserve to be taken seriously… Anybody and everybody who can be regarded as an outsider or a foreigner is at risk—Muslims, Jews, dark-skinned people, Roma, gays, and even people with disabilities have been victimized. A failure to act now will only bring more of the same in the future.”
— Professor Jack Levin , Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, Northeastern University
“The work carried out by Human Rights First serves a vital purpose in providing an external, community-based, scrutiny and analysis of developing or ongoing trends in hate-motivated crime. National governments and police authorities should welcome this additional scrutiny and regard Human Rights First as a critical friend, with a necessary and constructive role to play in the campaign to stop hate.”
— Tim Parsons, Head of Diversity, City of London Police