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.
How hate crime data is collected
The Czech police register crimes with extremist backgrounds using two forms: an incident form and a form on known perpetrators. Police officers note on the forms whether the crime had a bias motivation. The recorded data are checked, partially manually and partially automatically, and provided to police analysts. The data are then entered into the Crime Statistics Recording System, which is part of the broader Electronic Criminal Proceedings (ECP) information system operated by the Police Presidium.
The data are shared with the Prosecutor's Office through the ECP system. This evidence allows the disaggregation of crime data according to pre-defined targeted groups, which include Jewish people, Roma, Muslims and Arabs. Changes to the forms and to the system will enable more precise data entry and output. Extremist crime and hate crime statistics are published on the website of the Ministry of the Interior on a regular basis as part of quarterly and annual reports on extremism.
Official Data
National developments
In April 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Judicial Academy and ODIHR concluded a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Prosecutors and Hate Crimes Training (PAHCT) programme. According to the agreement, trainers trained by ODIHR will deliver the PAHCT training to prosecutors representing all prosecutorial offices in the country.
International reports
Racism and xenophobia, Bias against other groups – Sex, Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity
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The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Sixth report on the Czech Republic."
Key observation
ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech or discrimination.
