Armenia

Armenia reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Armenia implemented ODIHR's programmes on Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) and Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2021	68	9	3
2020	19	164	1
2019	Not available	Not available	Not available
2018	0	0	0
2017	14	1	Not available
2016	0	3	0
2015	Not available	Not available	Not available
2014	0	0	0
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

Hate crime recorded by police

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Armenia has not reported reliable statistics on hate crimes to ODIHR.

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

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Reports

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Pink Armenia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a physical assault carried out by a group that caused serious injuries to two transgender people; and a series of threats against LGBT activists. Pink Armenia and the UNHCR also reported a physical assault on a gay man in a military hospital; and threats against an LGBT activist. Pink Armenia reported an additional physical assault by a group on a transgender person, during which the victim’s phone was stolen; two physical assaults on gay men; and two incidents of threats against LGBT people and activists.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) supported a training event addressing hate crimes against LGBT people for the employees of the Asylum and Legal Units of the State Migration Service of Armenia.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In its fourth report on Armenia, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that alleged racist, homophobic and transphobic motivations be considered in the investigation of violent incidents from their very beginning.