The Oslo Conference on Right-wing Extremism and Hate Crime: Minorities under Pressure in Europe and Beyond was held on May 14-15 2013 under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Against a background of rising concern about xenophobic trends, exclusivist ideologies, and crimes committed against minorities, the conference brought together experts and stakeholders of various backgrounds in order to discuss and formulate recommendations on counter-strategies., This brief conference report is not a full account of the interventions, working groups and input that the conference produced. Based on the contributions by speakers and the discussions of the working groups, this report distils the trends, themes and challenges related to right-wing extremism and hate crime discussed during the conference.

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