Andorra

Andorra regularly reports to ODIHR on hate crimes. Andorra's criminal code includes a general penalty enhancement provision. Hate crime data are collected by the Ministry of Justice and the Interior Ministry's Police Department.

Hate crime data collection in Andorra
How hate crime data is collected in Andorra

How hate crime data is collected in Andorra

The National Police Corps' (Cos de Policia) Centre for Data Processing (CDP) is the department responsible for collecting and storing hate crime data. The CDP is the body to which hate crimes are reported and which manages this data for statistical and criminal analyses. 
The police corps, regardless of the victim's decision to press charges or not, will evaluate the elements of a case and inform the prosecutor if the CDP considers that there is enough evidence to open a hate crime case. The prosecutor will then examine the case in depth and qualify it according to the criminal code. The CDP will take into account the specific nature of the crime and the incriminating elements to be found in the criminal code. 
There is still no policy document providing guidance to police officers on hate crimes. There is also no official system for recording hate crimes. The Andorran Statistics Plan 2018-2021 includes the 'Citizen Security Survey' which aims to estimate criminal acts and phenomena, and to measure experiences of victimisation, feelings of insecurity, and public concerns about safety and the police. The survey is to be conducted before the end of 2021.

Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2020 8 3 2
2019 1 1 1
2018 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0
2015 0 0 0
2014 0 0 0
2013 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0
2011 0 0 0
2010 0 0 0
2009 0 0 0

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Andorra conduct information campaigns to make the criminal law provisions relating to racism and intolerance known to the general public and particularly to potential victims of such crimes, and to strengthen the collection of data on the application of criminal law provisions, punishing racist offences so that their effectiveness can be assessed.

KEY OBSERVATION

None of the ODIHR observations currently apply in the case of Andorra.