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.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 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 2018 Data
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The reported statistics were only broken down by type of crime and, in some cases, by target. Breakdown by bias motivation is not available.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Hungary’s law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018-03 | Threats | UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Kantor Center
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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