Cyprus | HCRW

Cyprus has regularly reported hate crime data to ODIHR since 2018. In February 2022, the Cyprus Police and Ministry of Interior organized a workshop on understanding and improving hate crime recording and data collection in co-operation with ODIHR and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. The workshop was based on ODIHR's Information Against Hate Crimes Toolkit (INFAHCT), and resulted in a set of recommendations to relevant state authorities.

Hate crime data for each year are collected and published online by the Cyprus Police and its Human Rights and Combating Discrimination Office.

In 2017, the Cyprus Police signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights with 14 civil society organizations. The purpose of the Memorandum is to further improve and deepen co-operation between the parties for the protection and promotion of human rights.

SELECT YEAR

Download the 2013 hate crime report for Cyprus

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	57	32	17
2022	32	10	4
2021	33	Not available	Not available
2020	41	7	0
2019	40	6	0
2018	30	3	0
2017	Not available	Not available	Not available
2016	Not available	Not available	Not available
2015	Not available	Not available	Not available
2014	Not available	Not available	Not available
2013	Not available	Not available	Not available
2012	12	7	0
2011	15	13	2
2010	34	32	18
2009	8	16	3

Hate crime recorded by police

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Cyprus has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged Cyprus to promptly investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of racially-motivated attacks and prevent their occurrence in the future.