Contact point for victims of anti-Semitism
The Research and Information Center on Anti-Semitism in North Rhine-Westphalia (RIAS NRW) records reports of anti-Semitic incidents and supports victims of anti-Semitism in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is sponsored by the Association for Enlightenment and Democratic Education (Verein für Aufklärung und demokratische Bildung e.V.), funded by the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family, Equality, Refugees, and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and works closely with the Federal Association RIAS. Based on the reported cases and its own research, RIAS NRW regularly publishes state-specific reports on anti-Semitism, conducts educational and public relations work, and thus contributes to the fight against anti-Semitism.
The work of RIAS NRW is based on the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the aim of portraying antisemitism in all its forms as accurately as possible. RIAS NRW takes antisemitism of any kind and in any form seriously, regardless of whether it is, for example, Islamic, right-wing, left-wing, Israel-related antisemitism or the everyday antisemitism found in mainstream society. An anti-Semitic incident can be, for example, a casual remark in conversation, anti-Semitic graffiti, or a physical attack. The question of criminal liability is not decisive for the recording of an incident. Further information on our working methods and categorization can be found under the menu item Working Methods.
Depending on the wishes and needs of those affected or those reporting the incident, RIAS NRW provides further psychosocial, legal, anti-discrimination, and victim counseling, assists in dealing with the authorities and the police, conducts public relations work, and publishes individual anonymized cases. The central principle is the protection of confidentiality: those affected and witnesses decide how their report and information will be handled. RIAS NRW stands on the side of people who are affected by anti-Semitism.
Contact
Email: hochschulen(at)rias-nrw.de
Phone: +49 251 83 25083
Website: www.report-antisemitism.de/en/rias-nrw
The contact person is Mr. Stahl.