UCSJ to Issue "Wake-Up Call" on Hate Crimes Before Congressional Helsinki Commission

Posted November 5th, 2007 by Micah H. Naftalin

Nickolai Butkevich and I will be briefing the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. We are honored to be sitting on the same panel as Dr. Dou Dou Diene, the U.N.'s Rapporteur on Racism, and Dr. Tiffany Lightbourn from the Department of Homeland Security.

We have prepared an extensive Briefing Paper for presentation during the briefing. The Paper entitled "Hate Crimes, Rule of Law and Foreign Policy Concerning the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus" (http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/UCSJHateCrimesBriefingPaper.pdf) is one we are proud to present to the Commission and to the public as it brings to light the impunity that perpatrators of hate crimes receive in the former Soviet Union.

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If you'd like to attend tomorrow's Briefing, it can be found in Room 1539 of the Longworth House Office Building beginning promptly at 10 am. Please read our press release from November 5, 2007 for more information on what we plan to present at the briefing. You can learn more about the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on their website: www.csce.gov.