Georgia

Georgia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Georgia's Criminal Code includes general and specific penalty enhancement provisions for hate crimes, as well as substantive offences. The Information-Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Central Administration of Prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice, the Statistical Office and the Supreme Court all collect hate crime statistics. Based on the Memorandum of Cooperation on Collection of Data on Crimes Committed on Grounds of Intolerance with Discrimination Basis and Publishing a Joint Report, signed in 2020 by the Supreme Court of Georgia, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the MIA, and the National Statistics Office of Georgia, a pilot report on hate crime data was published for the period of 1 October – 31 December 2020.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	989	253	109
2019	775	183	32
2018	344	151	58
2017	86	44	11
2016	42	42	15
2015	22	5	5
2014	19	7	8
2013	Not available	Not available	Not available
2012	13	5	Not available
2011	19	1	Not available
2010	41	11	Not available
2009	41	11	Not available

About 2010 Data

Figures include crimes of discrimination and persecution.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Public Movement Multinational Georgia reported one murder and one serious physical assault against Russian speakers.

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Inclusive Foundation and Public Movement Multinational Georgia reported an attack by a group against demonstrators who were protesting the proposed banning of a book promoting LGBT equality in the university bookstore; several protestors were physically assaulted. In connection with this incident, another attack by a group occurred two days later. A local television station hosted a talk show to discuss the protest incident and the studio was raided by people shouting homophobic slurs. Several participants and the television station owner were assaulted, and television station property was damaged.

Inclusive Foundation also reported three physical assaults targeting lesbian women.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended the implementation of publicawareness campaigns about the existence of hate crime laws, as well as encouragement of victim reporting. It also urged authorities to “reinforce their efforts to combat violent manifestations of religious intolerance involving physical assault and/or attacks on property”.