Anti-Roma hate crime
OSCE participating States recognized the danger of ethnic hatred targeting Roma and Sinti as early as 1990. Anti-Roma rhetoric, including that focusing on "Gypsy criminality", can be perpetuated in the media and by political actors. EU enlargement, coupled with Roma marginalization, have led many Roma individuals and families to seek better conditions and opportunities elsewhere through migration, often encountering negative reactions in destination countries or areas. ODIHR's annual reporting on hate crime has presented a range of hate crimes targeting Roma. Assault, property damage and murder, involving the use of explosives, firearms or Molotov cocktails have featured in these reports. Among the particularly worrying incidents reported to ODIHR have been arson attacks against Roma homes.
Incidents were reported on these states
Overview of incidents reported by other sources
Violent attacks against people | Threats | Attacks against property | Total |
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16 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
Date | Country | Type of incident | Source | Description | |
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2022 | Ireland | Threats | INAR - The Irish Network Against Racism | Show info | |
2022 | Ireland | Threats | INAR - The Irish Network Against Racism | Show info | |
2022 | Ireland | Violent attacks against people | INAR - The Irish Network Against Racism | Show info | |
2022-03 | Czech Republic | Violent attacks against people | In IUSTITIA, OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2022-03 | Ukraine | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2022-03 | Czech Republic | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2022-03 | Poland | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association, Jewish Association CZULENT | Show info | |
2022-05 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) | Show info | |
2022-05 | Turkey | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) | Show info | |
2022-06 | Greece | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) | Show info | |
2022-06 | Czech Republic | Violent attacks against people | In IUSTITIA | Show info | |
2022-06 | Romania | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) | Show info | |
2022-07 | Serbia | Threats | OSCE Mission to Serbia | Show info | |
2022-07 | Spain | Threats | Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) | Show info | |
2022-07 | Spain | Threats | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) | Show info | |
2022-07 | Italy | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC), Lunaria | Show info | |
2022-08 | Italy | Threats | Lunaria | Show info | |
2022-08 | Spain | Threats | Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG), OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2022-08 | Moldova | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) | Show info | |
2022-09 | Spain | Violent attacks against people | Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) | Show info | |
2022-10 | Czech Republic | Threats | In IUSTITIA | Show info | |
2022-11 | Hungary | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes | Show info | |
2022-12 | Hungary | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights | Show info | |
2022-12 | Greece | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) | Show info | |
2022-12 | Hungary | Violent attacks against people | Working Group Against Hate Crimes | Show info |
International Reports
Croatia
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined ninth to fourteenth periodic reports of Croatia".
Portugal
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports of Portugal".