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.

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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

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National developments

The new Act on Victims of Crime, which implements the EU Victims Directive, was enacted and entered into effect on 1 August 2013. The Act includes provisions for special treatment of hate crime victims, who are now entitled to receive support from registered providers, have a right to protection from secondary harm and a right to financial compensation and support. Selected police trainers were trained on the implementation of the new law, with training cascaded to all police officers prior to the Act’s entry into effect. Judges and prosecutors were also trained.

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

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Jewish Community of Prague reported one incident of graffiti on the house of a Jewish person, one incident of damage to property and five incidents of threats.

Anti-Roma hate crime

World Without Nazism reported one incident of damage to property carried out by a group of about 600 people against a building inhabited by Roma people, during which the attackers threw stones. They also reported one murder, by stabbing, of a Roma man carried out by a group.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

World Without Nazism reported one incident of graffiti.

Anti-Muslim hate crime

World Without Nazism reported one incident of the desecration of a mosque, during which pig bones and pieces of pork were left outside the mosque.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In its “Concluding Observations on the Third Periodic Report of the Czech Republic”, the United Nations Human Rights Committee recommended that the Czech authorities ensure that judges, prosecutors and police officials be trained to detect hate crimes.