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

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 2016 Data

    The authorities monitored and reported on 143 "offences with extremist context" - a category that also includes other criminal forms of intolerance. The numbers presented here only represent hate crimes according to the OSCE definition. The reported number of prosecuted hate crimes represents the number of people charged. The sentencing figure represents the number of convicts, some of whom may have committed more than one hate crime.

National developments

The police have developed a new manual on the investigation of extremist crimes, which addresses hate crime and how to work with hate crime victims.

As part of the Campaign Against Hate Violence, 300 police officers were trained on investigating hate crimes and on methods to work with hate crime victims. Civil society organizations were involved in the training activities and the civil society group, In Iustitia, developed a manual on addressing hate crimes and providing support to hate crime victims for the police.

The Ministry of the Interior has begun preparatory work to amend the reporting forms and statistical system used for monitoring extremist crime.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-02 Violent attacks against people
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2016-09 Threats
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-06 Threats
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2016-11 Attacks against property
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.

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.