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.  

Hate crime data collection in the Czech Republic
Support for hate crime victims in the Czech Republic
Hate crime capacity building in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic's hate crime legislation
Download the 2018 hate crime report for Czech Republic

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 91 44 35
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 2018 Data

    The authorities monitored and reported on 179 "offences with extremist context" – a category that includes criminal forms of intolerance other than hate crimes. While the numbers presented here only represent hate crimes according to the OSCE definition, the breakdown by bias motivation below is based on these "extremist offences". The reported number of prosecuted hate crimes represents the number of people charged. The sentencing figure represents the number of people convicted, some of whom may have committed more than one hate crime.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The government-run and Norwegian-funded Campaign Against Racism and Hate Violence has produced several methodological guidance documents for police on identifying and responding to hate crimes and dealing with hate crime victims. As part of the campaign, the civil society group IUSTITIA has trained 257 police officers, spokespersons and municipal police officers on hate crimes.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech or discrimination.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-10 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2018-10 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2018-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-12 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-01 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-12 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-04 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-01 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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2018-12 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-05 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-06 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-02 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-02 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-07 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-03 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018 Violent attacks against people
Kantor Center
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2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-09 Threats
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic
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2018 Violent attacks against people
Kantor Center
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2018-03 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-07 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Attacks against property
In IUSTITIA
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2018-08 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-01 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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Other hate crime based on religion or belief

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-08 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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Gender-based hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-10 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-05 Threats
In IUSTITIA
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
In IUSTITIA
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-Semitic hate crime

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Czechia."