1. TvT UN Training Geneva 2015
How to monitor transphobic hate violence and reports
of murdered trans and gender diverse people
Dr Carsten Balzer / Carla LaGata
Senior Researcher
Transgender Europe (TGEU)
TvT UN Training:
September 22-24, 2015, Geneva

2. TvT UN Training Geneva 2015
How to report and monitor transphobic hate violence and murders
of trans and gender diverse people
1. Transphobic Hate Violence Monitoring & Reporting
2. Trans Murder Monitoring

3. 1. Transphobic Hate Violence Reporting & Monitoring
Transphobic hate violence definition
Violence motivated by prejudice, hostility and hatred towards persons or groups
who transgress or do not conform to societal gender expectations and norms
Trans and gender diverse people are particularly affected by transphobic hate violence
Multiple threats/dangers of transphobic hate violence and incidents
Affects not only victim/survivor
Deep impact on community victim/survivor is associated with
Affects social cohesion and stability of broader society

4. Transphobic Hate Violence Reporting & Monitoring
Difference reporting – monitoring
Reporting of individual incidents
Monitoring of incidents over a certain period for a certain region etc.
Background of/needs for reporting and monitoring
Majority of incidents go unreported for various reasons
Public institutions (e.g. police) in most countries fail to do a professional reporting/monitoring
Few community-based groups are capable of doing professional monitoring
Huge amount of transphobic violence and incidents remains invisible
Lack of possibilities for prevention, protection, legislation change, awareness raising etc.
HR NGOs, policy makers, international institutions need such reports/monitoring

6. Transphobic Hate Violence Reporting & Monitoring
What information is needed?
Information about the survivor/survivors or victim/victims (identity aspects, age, etc.)
Information about the incident (type of incident, date, time, place, context, etc.)
Information about the perpetrator/s (identity, age, number, identifiers, etc.)
Information about indicators of transphobic motifs
Information about follow-up to the incident (reporting to police, community action, prosecution of
perpetrator/s, court case etc.)
Indicators for transphobic motif
Perpetrator's remarks/notes, signs left at the incident's place
Specific circumstances of the incident (e.g. degree of violence, genital mutilation, undressing of
victim, public humilation)
Incidents preciding the incident
Trans Panic Defense argumentation
Other indicators

7. Transphobic Hate Violence Reporting & Monitoring
Reporting to international institutions
UN-Committees (HRC; CEDAW; Committee against Torture etc.)
UN-Special Rapporteurs
UPR
Reporting to regional institutions
OSCE (e.g. Annual Hate Crime Report of ODIHR)
CoE (EHCR; HRC)
EU (Intergroup; FRA)
OAS
Reporting to national institutions
National Human Rights Institutions
National Equality Bodies
LGBT Focal Points in Law Enforcement

8. 2. Trans Murder Monitoring
Background TGEU's Trans Murder Monitoring project
Ongoing monitoring since 6 years
Interregional cooperation
2 to 4 updates each year
Latest update: More than 1,900 reported murders since January 2008
Importance/relevance for community
Awareness raising/advocacy tools (TDOR and IDAHOT)
Relevance for asylum seekers
Informing/briefing international institutions/reports (e.g. UN OHCHR SOGI report 2011 and 2015;
annual OSCE hate crime reports)
Informing/briefing donors (e.g. OSF; US state department)

9. Trans Murder Monitoring
Needed information for TMM
Name of Victim (preferably social name)
Age of Victim
Date of Death
Location of Death (different details needed re place and location)
Cause of Death
Profession of Victim
Remarks (Details re murder & follow-up; indicators of transphobic hate violence; details re identity
of victim; reaction in public/movement; details re perpetrator(s) etc.)
Source(s) (In case of media reports, if possible name 2 sources)

10. Trans Murder Monitoring
Need for/challenges regarding specific information
Indicators for transphobic motif
Perpetrator's remarks
Specific circumstances of the murder
Incidents preciding the murder
Trans Panic Defense argumentation
Other indicators
Other needed information 
Profession of victim (65 % of known victim professions = sex worker)
Ethnic/migration background (Intersection of discrimination)
Follow-up (Prosecution of perpetrator, court case, media reporting etc.)

11. Trans Murder Monitoring
Several ways of Trans Murder Monitoring
Community research
Local, national, international websites and blogs
Mailinglists
Keyword guided general web search
Keyword guided news web search
Online Newspaper search

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