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• The Tasmania Law Reform Institute's final report into racial vilification and racially motivated offences was released in April 2011. The project aimed to examine the capacity of Tasmanian laws to address those types of offences. The final report outlines the relevant Tasmanian law and proposes a number of recommendations and reforms. A copy of the report is available here: Tasmania Law Reform Institute, Racial Vilification and Racially Motivated Offences, Final Report No. 14 (April 2011).
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland has launched the first ever international study into the rehabilitation of hate crime offenders. On the basis of the research findings, and in the context of the 2010 Equality Act (effective as of October 2010), the following report outlines a number of recommendations for the design and delivery of programmes for the rehabilitation of hate crime offenders in the UK. Iganski, Paul et al for The Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland, The Rehabilitation of Hate Crime Offenders – An International Study (Spring 2011).
• Papers from the 2009 Hate Crime and Vilification Law Roundtable, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney.
  - Cowdery, Nicholas, 'Review of Law of Vilification: Criminal Aspects' (2009 Hate Crime and Vilification Law Roundtable, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 29 August 2009).
  - Mason, Gail, 'Hate Crime Laws In Australia: Are They Achieving Their Goals?' (2009 Hate Crime and Vilification Law Roundtable, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 29 August 2009).
  - Moran, L, 'Policing and Prosecuting Hate Crime in the UK' (2009 Hate Crime and Vilification Law Roundtable, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 29 August 2009).
  - Wertheim, Peter, 'Hate Crime and Vilification Law: Developments and Directions' (2009 Hate Crime and Vilification Law Roundtable, Sydney Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 29 August 2009).