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.

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
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 2018 Data

The reported prosecution figures consist of cases in which an indictment was filed and include cases initiated during the previous years.

Hate crime recorded by police

The police numbers represent the number of recorded offences. One incident can involve more than one offence.

By bias motivation
By type of crime

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National developments

The Criminal Code provision defining hate crimes was amended to include language as a protected characteristic.

The Government adopted an "Action Plan for Implementation of the National Plan to Combat Discrimination, 2017-2019", which identifies a number of priority areas in addressing hate crimes, namely education and public awareness-raising initiatives focusing on hate crimes against national minorities and LGBTI people, and improvements to hate crime data collection.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Croatia has not made public hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2018-11	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-09	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-05	Attacks against property	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-12	Attacks against property	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-11	Attacks against property	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-10	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-09	Threats	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-09	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-05	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-09	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-07	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-09	Violent attacks against people	Croatian civil society coalition	Show info
2018-03	Attacks against property	SETA UNHCR	Show info
2018-09	Attacks against property	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2018-11	Attacks against property	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2018	Threats	International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Show info
2018-03	Violent attacks against people	International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Show info