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Monitoring and recording antisemitism in the EU – state of play and ways forward

The information presented in this publication draws on evidence the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and its predecessor (the EU Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia) have been collecting on the recording of antisemitic incidents since 2004. The publication first draws attention to commitments the EU and its Member States have made in this respect and then briefly describes the state of play of recording in EU Member States and countries that participate in the work of FRA as observers (Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia).

More than 80 years after the Holocaust, Jewish people across the EU continue to regularly experience antisemitism. The EU and its Member States are duty bound by EU law to take any action they can to ensure that Jewish people across the EU can fully enjoy their rights.

In this regard, it is useful to recall that the EU and its Member States have made specific commitments to improve the recording of antisemitic incidents. However, significant gaps persist, as this report shows. Relevant national authorities can draw on existing practical tools and guidance that can be applied in the context of combatting antisemitism.

Member States have contributed to developing these tools and guidance in the context of the fight against hate crime, both in the framework of the OSCE and in that of the EU high level group on combating hate speech and hate crime. By coming together in such fora, Member States also have the possibility to exchange practices on what they do to improve the recording and encourage the reporting of antisemitic incidents, as well as on how best to provide support to victims of antisemitism. The importance of involving civil society organisations, statutory bodies such as national human rights institutions and equality bodies and Jewish community organisations in these endeavours should also be underlined.

Taken together, these actions would help ensure that victims of antisemitism can seek and get redress, and live their life in dignity.