Hungary
Hungary regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. In 2012, the National Police Headquarters established a special hate crime network, which is responsible for supervising hate crime investigations. In the same year, a civil society working group against hate crimes was established with the aim of strengthening co-ordination with police and developing a list of bias indicators, which were adopted by the network and uploaded onto the police intranet. In 2018, the Ministry of Interior hosted a workshop on hate crime recording and data collection. The workshop was co-facilitated by ODIHR and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and resulted in a set of recommendations for relevant state authorities.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2022 | 58 | 58 | 8,980 |
2021 | 38 | 40 | 8,979 |
2020 | 100 | 12 | Not available |
2019 | 132 | 39 | - |
2018 | 194 | 52 | - |
2017 | 233 | Not available | Not available |
2016 | 33 | 33 | 39 |
2015 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2014 | 79 | 23 | Not available |
2013 | 43 | 30 | 14 |
2012 | 38 | 16 | Not available |
2011 | 37 | 28 | Not available |
2010 | 19 | 12 | Not available |
2009 | 15 | 18 | Not available |
About 2011 Data
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Prosecution figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and discrimination.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
The UN Special Rapporteurs on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance expressed concerns about xenophobia, racism and related intolerance encountered by refugees and asylum-seekers in Hungary.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
The UN Human Rights Council, during its Universal Periodic Review, encouraged Hungary to take measures to prevent and combat hate crime; to ensure training for police, prosecutors and judges; and to effectively investigate and prosecute racially motivated violence and other hate crimes. It encouraged increased efforts to combat violence and discrimination against Roma and recommended that Hungary strengthen hate crimes laws to prevent violence committed on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.