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 |
About 2018 Data
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The police number includes a number of hate speech incidents, which fall outside of the OSCE hate crime definition and are not presented in the breakdown below.
Hate crime recorded by police
Incidents represented in this section may include more than one crime.
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
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Threats | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-09 | Threats | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018-01 | Threats | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-01 | Threats | Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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Other hate crime based on religion or belief
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Anti-Roma hate crime
The Council of Europe's Ad Hoc Committee Of Experts On Roma And Traveller Issues (CAHROM) published relevant recommendations in its "Thematic Report on Roma and Travellers' Access to Justice (with a gender focus)."
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime
The United Nations Committee against Torture published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Greece."