Croatia
Croatia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Since 2006, Croatia has been implementing ODIHR's Law Enforcement Outreach Programme (LEOP) followed by the updated Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme. In 2021, the government adopted an inter-agency "Protocol on Monitoring Hate Crimes", establishing state authorities' responsibilities in addressing hate crime and re-creating a dedicated Working Group. In 2021, the Working Group participated in ODIHR's diagnostic workshop to assess national structures and services for hate crime victim support, resulting in a set of ODIHR recommendations to the relevant state authorities. Data on hate crime are regularly published by the Office for Human Rights and the Rights of National Minorities of the Government.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2021 | 101 | 57 | 11 |
| 2020 | 87 | 138 | 18 |
| 2019 | 48 | 117 | 10 |
| 2018 | 33 | 23 | 8 |
| 2017 | 25 | 16 | 12 |
| 2016 | 35 | 37 | 7 |
| 2015 | 24 | 27 | 7 |
| 2014 | 22 | 60 | 6 |
| 2013 | 35 | 57 | 8 |
| 2012 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
| 2011 | 57 | 20 | 10 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | 3 |
| 2009 | 32 | Not available | Not available |
About 2017 Data
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The police figure includes two incidents committed with a "regional affiliation" motive, which are not sanctioned by the criminal code and therefore not included in breakdown below. The reported prosecution figures include cases initiated during the previous years. The prosecuted cases include only those where an indictment was filed – unlike in previous years, which explains the year-to-year drop in number.
Hate crime recorded by police
The police numbers represent the number of recorded offences. One incident can involve more than one offence.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Croatia has not made public hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
The Croatian civil society coalition includes the Centre for Peace Studies, Documenta - Center for Dealing with the Past, GONG, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights Croatia (YIHR Croatia), Human Rights House Zagreb (HRH Zagreb), the Serb National Council (SNV) and Zagreb Pride.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-04 | Threats | UNHCR
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | UNHCR
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-09 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
In its fifth report on Croatia, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) observed that many cases of hate crime, especially those targeting Serbs, LGBT people and Roma, are only classified as misdemeanours. ECRI recommended that the bias motive be incorporated from the very beginning in investigations and training for police officers and judicial officials.