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.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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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 |
Hate crime recorded by police
The police number indicates investigations into incidents where the alleged bias motivation was detected, launched in 2017. The prosecution figure indicates the number of prosecuted individuals. Furthermore, some of the prosecutions included here were initiated before 2017.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
Human Rights Centre in Tbilisi (HRIDC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
Human Rights Centre in Tbilisi (HRIDC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-01 | Attacks against property | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-01 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-06 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-06 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-07 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-02 | Attacks against property | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-11 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-02 | Threats | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-04 | Attacks against property | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-07 | Attacks against property | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-03 | Attacks against property | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018 | Attacks against property | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-11 | Threats | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-05 | Attacks against property | Human Rights Centre in Tbilisi (HRIDC)
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI)
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2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
Equality Movement
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2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-05 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2018 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2018-10 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2018-05 | Threats | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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2018-05 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-02 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-01 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-03 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2018-09 | Threats | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Education and Monitoring Center (EMC)
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2018 | Threats | Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA)
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2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA)
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2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the implementation of the recommendations in respect of Georgia."
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Georgia has not made public reliable data and statistics on hate crimes.