Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina has reported hate crime data to ODIHR via the Ministry of Interior. There is no institutional system for recording and collecting hate crime data in the country. In co-operation with ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authorities of Republika Srpska have worked to improve hate crime recording and data collection through ODIHR's Information Against Hate Crimes Toolkit (INFAHCT) programme, including through a diagnostic workshop held in April 2022. Bosnia and Herzegovina has also co-operated with ODIHR and the OSCE Mission to train law enforcement officers and criminal justice professionals on hate crimes.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has launched a Gender Action Plan, 2023-2027. Hate crime prevention activities were included as part of the strategic implementation of the Action Plan.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 54 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022 | 42 | 8 | 6 |
| 2021 | 45 | 7 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 2019 | 21 | 13 | 9 |
| 2018 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2017 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 2014 | 200 | 36 | 23 |
| 2013 | 350 | 77 | 88 |
| 2012 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2010 | 19 | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 15 | Not available | Not available |
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Bosnia and Herzegovina has not reported hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-08 | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-10 | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-10 | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-06 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-05 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-10 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-04 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-04 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-07 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
UNHCR in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
In its third report on Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that bias motivation be made an aggravating circumstance at the state and entity levels where this is not yet the case. ECRI also recommended that the authorities expand training on hate crimes that would include violence against returnees, religious communities and LGBT people; and that the police duly investigate homophobic and transphobic incidents, while taking motivations into account.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its "Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina," the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that the local authorities ensure the appropriate implementation of existing hate crime provisions.