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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 |
About 2019 Data
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Police records include criminal offences that may fall outside of the OSCE's definition of a hate crime. In some cases, hate speech provisions were also applied to incidents that would fall under this definition. One incident involved two separate criminal offences and is, therefore, counted twice under the police records.
Hate crime recorded by police
The data below consists of records reported by the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) and the Ministries of the Interior of the Republika Srpska, Central Bosnia Canton, Zenica-Doboj Canton and Sarajevo Canton. The breakdown consists of the following bias motivations: racism and xenophobia, bias against Muslims, bias against members of other religions (including offences with a bias against Orthodox Christians) and sexual orientation.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Bosnia and Herzegovina has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-10 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | SETA
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| 2019-11 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-02 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-02 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-04 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | Center for education and research Nahla
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-01 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | Center for education and research Nahla
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-04 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-05 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
SETA
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SETA
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-06 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-06 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-09 | Threats/Harassment | Center for education and research Nahla
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
SETA
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2019 | Threats/Harassment | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SETA
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
SETA
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2019-09 | Threats/Harassment | SETA
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | Center for education and research Nahla
Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-02 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-11 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-08 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | Interreligious Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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Gender-based hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-06 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-07 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-03 | Threats/Harassment | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-09 | Threats/Harassment | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-12 | Threats/Harassment | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-04 | Threats/Harassment | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-05 | Threats/Harassment | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-07 | Threats/Harassment | Sarajevo Open Center (SOC)
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Bosnia And Herzegovina
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.