Hungary | HCRW

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.

SELECT YEAR

Download the 2012 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 2012 Data

Prosecution figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and discrimination.

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National developments

Hungary amended its criminal code to increase the punishment for homicide or battery on the grounds of age and disability, and to increase the punishment for violent offences on the grounds of disability, “sexual identity” and sexual orientation.

The Ministry of Interior worked with ODIHR to organize a session of its police hate crime training programme, TAHCLE, as part of setting up a specialized unit on hate crimes at the National Police Headquarters.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Hungarian law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Total Incidents
Targeted properties
Type of property attacks

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-Roma hate crime

The Report by Githu Muigai, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, on his mission to Hungary, noted that Roma in Hungary are experiencing increased bias-motivated violence, including arson attacks against their houses, physical assaults and deaths, and recommended the government improve protective measures for the Roma community, to enact a national strategy to combat violence against Roma, to collect disaggregated data on hate crimes and to ensure such crimes are adequately investigated, prosecuted and appropriately sanctioned.