Data collection for this overview
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To obtain the most complete and accurate data available on antisemitism in
the EU, FRA consults avariety of sources and employs the same methodology
every year. The data presented in this report were collected through desk
research, using the following three steps:
1. Sources of data on antisemitism available in the public domain were
consulted, at both international and national levels. The former includes
the United Nations (UN), the European Commission against Racism and
Intolerance (ECRI) of the Council of Europe and the Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe(OSCE). At national level, official data published
by relevant governmental offices, equality bodies, police forces and
authorities within criminal justice systems were consulted.
2. Specific requests were made to governmental offices through the system
of national liaison officers at the disposal of FRA in each EU Member
State, North Macedonia and Serbia.28 This step was taken to ensure
that the latest available official data on antisemitism were taken into
consideration when drafting this report. In addition to providing the latest
data on antisemitic incidents, the national liaison officers were asked to
elaborate on the national action plans and other measures to prevent and
combat antisemitism, as well as on the use of the non-legally binding
working definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust
Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in May2016.
Data concerning the United Kingdom were collected through FRA’s desk
research, after the United Kingdom left the EU on 31January2020. These
data are included in this report given that the United Kingdom was still
amember of the EU in 2019, which is the reference year for the data
presented here.
3. Data on antisemitism published by civil society organisations were
consulted.29
28 See FRA’s list of national liaison officers.
29 For more information on global trends on antisemitism, see Kantor Center for
the Study of Contemporary European Jewry (2019), Moshe Kantor Database
for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism: Antisemitism
Worldwide 2019 and the beginning of 2020- General analysis- Main Findings;
Anti-Defamation League (2019), ADL Global 100: An index of Anti-Semitism.
Data collection for this overview
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