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.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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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
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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.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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2016-09 | Threats | SETA
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2016-06 | Threats | SETA
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2016-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
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.