Iceland

Iceland regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Iceland's Criminal Code contains a substantive offence provision. Iceland's data, collected by the National Police Commissioner, include cases of discrimination and defamation.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	4	0	0
2019	11	0	0
2018	7	1	2
2017	14	1	3
2016	6	0	0
2015	10	Not available	Not available
2014	8	Not available	Not available
2013	Not available	Not available	Not available
2012	6	Not available	Not available
2011	1	Not available	Not available
2010	2	Not available	Not available
2009	Not available	0	0

About 2016 Data

The numbers reported to ODIHR as cases recorded by police (25) and prosecution service (8) included hate speech cases. These are not presented here.

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National developments

The Reykjavik Metropolitan Police has appointed a police officer to focus on hate crimes through active community policing and co-operation with subgroups in the metropolitan area.

Iceland has agreed to implement ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) and Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programmes. Police officers and prosecutors were trained as part of these programmes.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-11	Attacks against property	Holy See	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In its fifth report on Iceland, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted the appointment of a specialized police officer responsible for working on hate crimes.