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 (GYEM) 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.  

Hate crime data collection in Hungary
Support for hate crime victims in Hungary
Hate crime capacity building in Hungary
Hungary's hate crime legislation
Download the 2011 hate crime report for Hungary

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 65 50 8,928
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

    Prosecution figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and discrimination.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Head of the National Police Service issued an instruction on effective policing for multicultural communities, which addressed some aspects of policing events where there is a high risk of hate crime.

Hungarian authorities charged four people in connection with nine attacks against Roma in their homes in 2008 and 2009, which resulted in the murders of six Roma, including one child, and several serious injuries. 

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

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.