Albania | HCRW

Albania last reported information on hate crimes to ODIHR for the 2023 Hate Crime Report. In co-operation with the OSCE presence in Albania, Albania has trained law enforcement officers on hate crimes. Following an ODIHR workshop held in 2017, Albania made improvements to its hate crime data recording system, including by enabling the bias motivation to be identified in recorded cases.
In 2021, Albania introduced the National Gender Equality Strategy 2021-2030, which includes specific measures to combat discrimination and hate crimes and promote equality and social inclusion.

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Download the 2017 hate crime report for Albania

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	2	Not available	Not available
2022	Not available	Not available	Not available
2021	Not available	Not available	Not available
2020	0	Not available	Not available
2019	Not available	Not available	Not available
2018	Not available	Not available	Not available
2017	1	1	Not available
2016	Not available	Not available	Not available
2015	Not available	2	Not available
2014	Not available	Not available	Not available
2013	Not available	Not available	Not available
2012	Not available	Not available	Not available
2011	Not available	Not available	Not available
2010	Not available	Not available	Not available
2009	Not available	Not available	Not available

About 2017 Data

Thirteen further incidents were reported as registered by the police, but which represent criminal forms of hate speech and fall outside of the scope of the OSCE hate crime definition.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Sector for Criminal Statistics at the General Directorate of State Police added a column in the crime statistics, defining the motive for all crimes committed, in order to clearly identify the bias motive in recorded cases.

In May, ODIHR, together with the OSCE Presence, Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and several civil society organizations, organized a one-day workshop on improving the police recording of hate crimes. The workshop resulted in 12 recommendations to the Albanian authorities, including the above action.

A module on hate crime has been included in the curricula of the Security Academy at the Bachelor level, as part of a course on elements of crimes, interviewing and investigation.

The OSCE Presence organized training sessions on hate crimes for the police in seven police regions across the country.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Albania has not periodically reported to ODIHR the numbers of hate crimes recorded by police.

Our methodology

No information is available.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017	Threats/Harassment	Muslim Forum of Albania	Show info

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017	Threats/Harassment	Muslim Forum of Albania	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.