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Germany
Germany regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Close collaboration with civil society in the area of hate crime victim support has been established at the level of federal states, namely with the Weisser Ring civil society organization (CSO) and a number of specialized CSOs. The Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Victims' Commissioner are in regular contact with a number of victim support institutions and victims' representatives. Germany has conducted victimization surveys to measure under-reported hate crimes. The most recent report covering 2012-2017 is available here.
In 2021, ODIHR, together with Federal Ministries, organized a virtual study visit to Germany on strengthening co-operation between the Government and civil society on hate crime victim support.
The German government funds several organizations and projects to monitor hate incidents and assist hate crime victims. These include the Competence Network Against Antisemitism (KOMPAS), which consists of five experienced civil society organizations that register anti-Semitic incidents and develop measures to prevent anti-Semitism. The government also funds the Competence Network on Hate on the Net, which advises victims of hate speech, strengthens civil society networks, and develops media literacy materials.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 17,007 | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | 11,520 | Not available | Not available |
| 2021 | 10,501 | Not available | Not available |
| 2020 | 10,240 | Not available | Not available |
| 2019 | 8,585 | - | - |
| 2018 | 8,113 | Not available | Not available |
| 2017 | 7,913 | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | 3,598 | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 3046 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 3059 | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | 4647 | Not available | Not available |
| 2012 | 4514 | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 4040 | Not available | Not available |
| 2010 | 3770 | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 4583 | Not available | Not available |
About 2016 Data
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The year-to-year increase in numbers is due to a modification in the data collection method.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Germany has not reported the numbers of prosecuted and/or information on sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
The VBRG and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation reported statistical data. To avoid duplication, only Amadeu Antonio Foundation data concerning regions that are not covered by the VBRG were included. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
The VBRG and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation reported statistical data. To avoid duplication, only Amadeu Antonio Foundation data concerning regions that are not covered by the VBRG were included. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
The VBRG and the Amadeu Antonio Foundation reported statistical data. To avoid duplication, only Amadeu Antonio Foundation data concerning regions that are not covered by the VBRG were included. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Inssan
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| 2016-01 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-10 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
Kantor Center
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-10 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-12 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
Kantor Center
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-11 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-04 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-10 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-07 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-07 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
ZIF
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-08 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-01 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-02 | Threats | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Kantor Center
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism – RIAS
VDK Berlin
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-04 | Threats | Inssan
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Inssan
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Inssan
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Inssan
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Inssan
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Inssan
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-02 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-08 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | Holy See
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-01 | Threats | MANEO
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | MANEO
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | MANEO
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-05 | Threats | MANEO
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-08 | Threats | MANEO
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-08 | Threats | MANEO
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | MANEO
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | MANEO
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In the report on its mission to Germany, the United Nations Human Rights Council's Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent expressed concerns over the state's failure to protect people of African descent from hate crimes. The working group recommended the adoption of a comprehensive training strategy for police officers to end the racial profiling of people of African descent and specialized training for prosecutors and judges on identifying hate crimes.