In Justice: legal aid for hate crime victims
Project owner: In IUSTITIA, o.p.s.
Responsible person: Lucie Michalová
2014
1,000 Euro Prize
CS
Civil Society / Social Economy
Social welfare, health care
Unfortunately some groups of people with more or less visible common traits need to be protected from parts of the majority population: in the immediate aftermath of a so-called hate crime; preventively through (legal) information of potential victims and perpetrators; socio-politically through creation of awareness amongst political deciders and the men and women on the street. In IUSTICIA combines the different levels in a pioneering, socially innovative way: victims tell what has happened to them to reveal social patterns, the public debate makes it more difficult to hide behind taboos and will – hopefully! – make potential perpetrators think twice.