Dear All,

Hope you are well! I am pleased to invite you to our next BSC Hate Crime Network Discussion Group, which will take place on Wed 13 September 2023, 14:00 – 15:00 (UK time) online.

Dr Piotr Godzisz, Birmingham City University will present a paper on “State responses to anti-LGBTI hate crime on Europe’s peripheries”

This is a FREE online event, so you can join us from anywhere! Register here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/researching-hate-studies-state-responses-to-anti-lgbti-hate-crime-tickets-660315921697

Abstract 
The presentation will present early findings from a MSCA-IF study on the policies aimed at addressing anti-LGBTI violence in South-East and Eastern Europe. Some countries in the region have recently enacted hate crime laws, but there are few reports of cases being prosecuted under these laws, leading to questions about their implementation. The spread of hate crime legislation is influenced by the growth of LGBTI advocacy, increased global attention to hate crimes, and the process of EU integration. However, it is uncertain how these factors affect the adoption and enforcement of hate crime policies. Based on data from expert and elite interviews enhanced by graphic elicitation the presentation will discuss hate crime policy adoption in Georgia and North Macedonia, which have both passed anti-LGBTI hate crime laws but have different levels of implementation.

Presenter’s biography 
Dr Piotr Godzisz (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in political science and criminology. He holds a PhD from the University College London and an MA from the University of Warsaw. He is engaged in research, training and advocacy on human rights issues across Europe and has worked with organisations such as the OSCE, the Council of Europe and Human Dignity Trust. He is currently a senior lecturer at Birmingham City University and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at Université Libre de Bruxelles. His published work focuses on victims, hate crime and human rights.

Thank you and Kind Regards,

Irene (she/her/hers) 

Dr Irene Zempi SFHEA  
Chair of the BSC Hate Crime Network: https://www.britsoccrim.org/networks/hate-crime-network/  

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