Belarus
Belarus last reported hate crime data to ODIHR for the 2015 Hate Crime Report. Hate crime data are collected by the Ministry of Interior of Belarus.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2021 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2020 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2019 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2018 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2017 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 31 | Not available | 4 |
| 2014 | 26 | Not available | 1 |
| 2013 | 17 | Not available | 2 |
| 2012 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2010 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 72 | 3 | Not available |
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Belarus law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Center of Equal Rights Expertise
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Center of Equal Rights Expertise
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Center of Equal Rights Expertise
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Center of Equal Rights Expertise
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee in its "Concluding observations on the combined twentieth to twenty-third periodic reports of Belarus" expressed concern that police, prosecutors and judges often do not examine bias motivation in crimes. The CERD Committee recommended that such motivation be consistently taken into consideration as an aggravating circumstance and that Belarus develop training programmes for criminal justice system officials on hate crimes.