Greece
Greece regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR.
In 2017, Greece implemented ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT). In June 2018, an "Agreement on inter-agency co-operation on addressing racist crimes" was concluded by relevant state authorities and a network of civil society organizations (CSOs) as part of ODIHR's project on "Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crimes". Consequently, the agreement has led to improved hate crime recording and data collection. On February 2022, ODIHR held an online diagnostic workshop with government representatives, criminal justice actors and CSOs to assess structures and services for hate crime victim support in Greece.
In 2022, an office within the Ministry of Justice was tasked with overseeing the systematic collection of statistical data on hate crimes.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 97 | 115 | 22 |
| 2022 | 99 | 32 | 20 |
| 2021 | 110 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 171 | 34 | 0 |
| 2019 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2018 | 164 | 17 | 4 |
| 2017 | 128 | 46 | 6 |
| 2016 | 40 | 6 | 2 |
| 2015 | 60 | 27 | 4 |
| 2014 | 71 | 29 | 5 |
| 2013 | 109 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | Not available |
| 2011 | Not available | Not available | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | Not available |
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Greece has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
The Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) reported descriptions of incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
The Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) reported descriptions of incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
The Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) reported descriptions of incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Threats | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-10 | Threats | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
Western Thrace Minority Graduates Association (WTMUGA)
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece - KIS
Kantor Center
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece - KIS
Kantor Center
Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece - KIS
Kantor Center
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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Disability hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-05 | Threats | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Greek Helsinki Monitor
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In a letter to the Ministries of Interior and Justice following his visit to Greece, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe stressed the need to enhance the implementation of hate crime laws and to collect and analyze hate crime data more systematically.
The meeting of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers – Ministers' Deputies at its 1302nd session welcomed the adoption of new Greek hate crime legislation and encouraged the examination of racist motivation in the early stages of criminal proceedings, and invited the authorities to provide comparison between the numbers of reported, prosecuted and adjudicated hate crimes.