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.

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Download the 2020 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 2020 Data

The reported statistics were disaggregated by type of crime only. A breakdown by bias motivation is not available.

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National developments

In 2020, the Prosecutor's Office of Budapest District VI. and VII. pressed hate crime charges [crime of violence against a member of community committed by carrying a deadly weapon (Section 216, Subsection (3) of the Hungarian Criminal Code)] against a man who, after being asked to leave a store due to closing hours by an owner of Chinese origin, threatened the latter using racist anti-Chinese expressions. The perpetrator also pulled out a knife and threatened a customer, who stood up in defence of the store owner, and chased the owner outside of the store.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR notes Hungary's progress in prosecuting hate crimes effectively. However, based on the available information, it observes that the law enforcement agencies of Hungary have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Hungary would benefit from reviewing the existing legal framework in order to ensure that bias motivation can be effectively acknowledged and appropriate penalties imposed on the perpetrators.

ODIHR recalls that in the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States have committed to promptly investigating hate crimes and ensuring that the motives of those convicted of hate crimes are acknowledged. To that end, the law enforcement must, first of all, record the bias motivation of hate crimes. In the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States have also committed to enacting specific, tailored legislation to combating hate crimes, providing for effective penalties that take into account the gravity of such crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support Hungary in meeting the relevant commitments through provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording an data collection, as well as providing further resources and tailored legislative advice.

Our methodology

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Total Incidents
Targeted properties
Type of property attacks

In addition to incidents summarized below, this graph includes 2 hate incidents reported by Kantor Center as statistics.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020	Violent attacks against people	Hungarian Islam Advocacy Association	Show info
2020-02	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-06	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-02	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-11	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-02	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info

Anti-Roma hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020-06	Attacks against property	OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020-03	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-05	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-05	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-06	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-11	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-07	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-10	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-12	Threats/Harassment	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-01	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-02	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-02	Threats/Harassment	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-01	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020	Attacks against property	Kantor Center	Show info

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020-06	Attacks against property	Holy See	Show info
2020-12	Attacks against property	Holy See	Show info

Disability hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020	Violent attacks against people	Hungarian Islam Advocacy Association	Show info

Gender-based hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020-05	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-05	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info
2020-01	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2020-05	Violent attacks against people	Transgender Europe (TGEU) Transvanilla Transgender Association	Show info
2020-01	Attacks against property	Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-Semitic hate crime

The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the thirty-ninth session: Compilation on Hungary."