Czech Republic

The Czech Republic regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. The Czech Republic's hate crime laws consist of a combination of general and specific penalty-enhancement provisions and substantive offences. The data reported to ODIHR combine hate crime and hate speech. Hate crime data are collected by the Informatics and Analytical Centre of the Criminal Police and the Investigation Service of the Police Presidium, the Analytical and Legislative Department of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and the Informatics Department of the Ministry of Justice. Hate crime data are published annually by the government in a Report on extremism.

How hate crime data is collected in Czech Republic

How hate crime data is collected in Czech Republic

The Czech police register crimes with extremist backgrounds using two forms: an incident form and a form on known perpetrators. Police officers note on the forms whether the crime had a bias motivation. The recorded data are checked, partially manually and partially automatically, and provided to police analysts. The data are then entered into the Crime Statistics Recording System, which is part of the broader Electronic Criminal Proceedings (ECP) information system operated by the Police Presidium.

The data are shared with the Prosecutor's Office through the ECP system. This evidence allows the disaggregation of crime data according to pre-defined targeted groups, which include Jewish people, Roma, Muslims and Arabs. Changes to the forms and to the system will enable more precise data entry and output. Extremist crime and hate crime statistics are published on the website of the Ministry of the Interior on a regular basis as part of quarterly and annual reports on extremism.

Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2019 42 39 50
2018 46 47 43
2017 47 29 44
2016 49 30 72
2015 64 20 29
2014 24 32 41
2013 41 43 24
2012 173 289 159
2011 238 284 158
2010 252 287 52
2009 265 228 103

About 2019 Data

    The authorities monitored and reported on 170 "offences with extremist context", a category that includes criminal forms of intolerance other than hate crimes. While the numbers presented here only represent hate crimes according to the OSCE definition, the breakdown by bias motivation below is based on these "extremist offences". The reported number of prosecuted hate crimes represents the number of people charged. The sentencing figure represents the number of people convicted, some of whom may have committed more than one hate crime.

National developments

In April 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Judicial Academy and ODIHR concluded a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) programme. According to the agreement, trainers trained by ODIHR will deliver the PAHCT training to prosecutors representing all prosecutorial offices in the country.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-12 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
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2019-10 Threats
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2019-09 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-09 Threats
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2019-09 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Threats
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2019-08 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-06 Threats
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2019-06 Threats
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
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2019-05 Threats
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
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2019-05 Attacks against property
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
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2019 Violent attacks against people
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2019-04 Threats
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
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2019-03 Threats
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2019-02 Threats
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2019-02 Threats
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2019-02 Threats
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-09 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-07 Threats
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2019-02 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-08 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
In IUSTITIA
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2019-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-05 Threats
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2019-01 Threats
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2019-04 Threats
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2019-04 Threats
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-03 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-03 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-04 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-03 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-10 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-06 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2019-12 Threats
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2019-11 Threats
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2019-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Threats
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-09 Threats
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2019-04 Threats
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2019-03 Threats
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2019-03 Threats
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2019-02 Threats
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2019-02 Threats
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2019-01 Threats
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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Gender-based hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-02 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-02 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-06 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-06 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-11 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2019-08 Attacks against property
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2019-08 Attacks against property
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Gender-based hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on the Czech Republic."

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech or discrimination.