Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Human Rights Council, in Resolution 31/16, expressed concern over violent attacks motivated by anti-religious bias, targeting individuals belonging to religious minorities, as well as religious places, and recommended that states prevent, investigate and punish such acts.

In his speech to the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims recommended that states commit to recording hate crime against Muslims as a separate disaggregated category.

In its report presenting selected findings from the European Union's MiDis II survey, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) recommended better enforcement of the relevant EU and national legislation to address widespread harassment and hate crime against first and second generation Muslim immigrants.

In their report, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance observed that fear of terrorism and racist and xenophobic speech often translate into increases in hate crimes targeting Muslims, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The Special Rapporteur reiterated the importance of collecting disaggregated data on hate crimes.