Czech Republic
The Czech Republic regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Hate crime data are published annually in the government's Report on "Extremism and Prejudicial Hatred". The Czech Republic has been implementing ODIHR's Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) program since 2020.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2022 | 104 | 19 | 66 |
2021 | 62 | 24 | 33 |
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 2015 Data
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The authorities monitor and report on "offences with extremist context," a category that also includes other criminal forms of intolerance. Due to improved identification of hate crimes by the authorities, the numbers presented here only represents hate crimes. The reported number of prosecuted hate crimes consists of the number of people charged.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-Muslim hate crime
In its "Concluding observations on the combined tenth and eleventh periodic reports of the Czech Republic", the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) emphasized the importance of effectively investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. CERD also expressed its concern about continued racially motivated violence against Roma people and on the increase in racially-motivated violence against Muslim communities.