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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.

Hate crime data collection in the Czech Republic
Support for hate crime victims in the Czech Republic
Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2020 32 28 59
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 2011 Data

    Figures represent total number of criminal offences with an extremist context.
  • By bias motivation
  • By type of crime
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National developments

The Judicial Academy organized seminars for prosecutors and judges on extremist crime, including sessions on hate crime.

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

Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In IUSTITIA reported four racist physical assaults, including two carried out by a group, one of which involved a knife and resulted in serious injury.

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Anti-Roma hate crime

In IUSTITIA reported five anti-Roma physical assaults including against two girls which then resulted in the serious injury of their uncle; three attacks by a group, including two involving serious injury and one taking place in a home; two arson attacks against the homes of Roma families, including one carried out by a group; and three cases of threats, including one resulting in a family needing to move.

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Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Jewish Community in Prague and In IUSTITIA reported one physical assault; two cases of threats; four cases of property damage, including three cases of graffiti, (on a Holocaust memorial, a synagogue and private property respectively) and one case of criminal damage against two Stolpersteine (Holocaust memorial stones set in pavement). The Jewish community in Prague reported a further three cases of criminal damage and two threats.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

In IUSTITIA reported one anti-Muslim physical assault involving a woman’s headscarf and earrings being pulled off.

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Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

In IUSTITIA reported one case of threats against two Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

In IUSTITIA reported three homophobic physical assaults, including one attack by a group resulting in serious injury, and two attacks following Prague Pride; one case of criminal damage against a bar that involved setting the rainbow flag on fire; and two cases of threats.

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Disability hate crime

In IUSTITIA reported several attacks against homeless people, including one murder by arson where the victim’s hut was set on fire by a group; four physical assaults, including two attacks by a group resulting in serious injury; and a further case of arson where the victims’ tent was set on fire, resulting in serious injury.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that the Czech Republic conduct effective investigation and prosecutions of hate crimes. It also encouraged the investigation of anti-Roma violence in the Czech Republic, ensuring that the perpetrators are identified, prosecuted and appropriately punished, and recommended the active recruitment of Roma to law enforcement.

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