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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina has reported hate crime data to ODIHR. The three criminal codes applicable in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and the Brčko District contain identical or very similar hate crime provisions. These provisions include a definition of hate crime, penalty enhancements for specific offences and a mandatory general penalty enhancement for offences committed out of hatred. Hate crime data are provided by the Ministry of Interior but an institutional system for recording and collecting data has not been established. Victimization surveys have not been conducted.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 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 |
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-10 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-02 | Threats | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-09 | 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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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-10 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | Center for education and research Nahla
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-11 | Threats | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-03 | 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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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Gender-based hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-05 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-05 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-05 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-05 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-05 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-06 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-08 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-10 | Threats | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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 authorities effectively apply existing legislation by registering, investigating, and bringing to justice cases of hate speech and hate crime, and by sanctioning those responsible with the appropriate penalties.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Bosnia and Herzegovina has not reported hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation to ODIHR.