Anti-Roma hate crime (pre)

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.

More recently, Ministerial Council decisions in Maastricht (2003), Athens (2009) and Kiev (2013), as well as the Astana declaration (2010) have reconfirmed the need to combat violence against Roma and Sinti and urged participating States to step up their efforts in this regard.

A number of factors suggest that the reported data provide only a fragment of the overall picture of hate crimes against Roma and Sinti. While some participating States record anti-Roma hate crimes, these may not be disaggregated in their statistics and, instead, be included under the heading of racist and xenophobic hate crimes. In addition excessive force against or ill-treatment of Roma, including, for example, in the course of evictions or during stop-and-search actions by the police, can contribute to a lack of trust in the authorities. This, combined with a lack of means and knowledge on the part of Roma communities to monitor and report hate crimes means that these are likely significantly under-reported.

ODIHR TANDIS

States that report

No Information is available.

Overview of incidents reported by other sources

Violent attacks against people Threats Attacks against property Total
0 0 0 43

Date Country Type of incident Source Description
2016 Ireland Violent attacks against people European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016 Austria Attacks against property ZARA Show info
2016 Austria Attacks against property ZARA Show info
2016 Austria Attacks against property ZARA Show info
2016-01 France Attacks against property OIDAC, Observatory of Christianophobia Show info
2016-02 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-02 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-02 Ireland Attacks against property European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-03 Croatia Violent attacks against people Centre for Peace Studies (CMS), Documenta, GONG, HRH Zagreb, Serb National Council (SNV), YIHR Croatia Show info
2016-04 Italy Threats Association 21 July Show info
2016-04 Poland Attacks against property "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-04 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-04 Italy Violent attacks against people Association 21 July Show info
2016-05 Poland Attacks against property "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-05 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-05 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-05 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-06 Moldova Violent attacks against people OSCE Mission to Moldova Show info
2016-06 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-06 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-06 Serbia Violent attacks against people Regional Centre for Minorities (RCM) Show info
2016-07 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-07 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-07 Italy Attacks against property Lunaria Show info
2016-08 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-08 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-08 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-09 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-10 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info
2016-10 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-10 Greece Violent attacks against people Greek Helsinki Monitor Show info
2016-10 Italy Attacks against property Association 21 July Show info
2016-10 Poland Attacks against property "Never Again" Association Show info
2016-10 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2016-11 Serbia Threats Regional Centre for Minorities (RCM) Show info
2016-11 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info

International Reports

No information is available.