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Austria

Austria regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. In 2019, Austria began improving its hate crime recording mechanisms based on a series of study visits, research and consultations, including with civil society. Implemented since 2020, the new hate crime recording system represents a good practice in the region. The Austrian Ministry of Interior is also a member of the civil society network "Hate Crime Kontern", which strengthens hate crime co-ordination and victim support, and works co-operates directly with civil society members. Hate crime statistics collected by the Ministry are published online each year. 

Hate crime data collection in Austria
Support for hate crime victims in Austria
Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

SELECT YEAR

  • 2021
  • 2020
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OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2021 5,464 4,304 184
2020 156 436 169
2019 125 421 191
2018 307 407 208
2017 302 Not available Not available
2016 425 Not available Not available
2015 395 Not available Not available
2014 186 Not available Not available
2013 110 Not available Not available
2012 91 Not available Not available
2011 59 38 1
2010 101 1 1
2009 62 Not available Not available

About 2021 Data

    Police records represent the number of offences recorded as hate crimes; a total number of 6,619 cases were registered, some of which involved more than one bias motivation. Police-recorded hate crimes include 964 offences understood as "right-wing extremism" under the Prohibition Act or classified as insults or honour crimes, and may fall outside of the OSCE definition of hate crime. Prosecution and sentencing figures are based on the same recording methodology as police-recorded figures, and may therefore also include offences that fall outside of the OSCE definition of hate crime.

Hate crime recorded by police

  • By bias motivation
  • By type of crime
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National developments

Following the launch of the new electronic recording and data collection mechanism in November 2020, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) continued training police officers on hate crime via a three-module e-learning course delivered through the e-Campus of the Police Training Academy (Sicherheitsakademie, SIAK). As of 10 May 2021, a total of 22,788 police officers had completed the course. In addition, 200 police officers from the Federal Provinces were trained to deliver training events to front-line officers and to serve as contact points for CSOs and victim support organizations. In May 2021, an additional module was launched for prosecutors and judges. 

In 2021, the MoI developed a factsheet on hate crime, which was translated into nine languages. Together with the Institute for the Sociology of Law and Criminology (Institut für Rechts- und Kriminalsoziologie, IRKS), the MoI conducted a hate crime victimization survey on unreported cases via 2,325 telephone interviews. Nearly 4 per cent of respondents reported being a victim of a hate crime. The survey also found that the security perception of hate crime victims was significantly worse than that of victims of crimes committed without a bias motive. The likelihood of victims reporting hate crimes was found to be far lower compared to crimes committed without a bias motive. In June 2021, the survey results were published in a Pilot Report on "Hate Crime in Austria", which maps the improvements in hate crime recording and data collection in Austria since 2019.  

 

Notable cases: 

Case 1: Graz, October 2021: A person in a wheelchair was hit over the head with a beer can, threatened with death ("I kill you, then you do not need a wheelchair anymore") and had their wheelchair kicked by a known perpetrator. The police registered the case as a hate crime against persons with disabilities. 

Case 2: Vienna, May 2021: A person was repeatedly subjected to racist insults, kicked and knocked to the ground. The police registered the case as a hate crime under the categories "ethnic origin" and "skin colour". 

Case 3: Vienna, May 2021: A young female student was reading a book titled "The Jews in the Modern world" on the metro. The victim was then subjected to anti-Semitic and misogynistic threats and insults and had her hair pulled by several men. At the next stop, the victim asked two police officers for help, but was told to forget the incident as she is not Jewish. The case was extensively covered by national media networks, including the national radio. Consequently, the Viennese Police apologized and filed the case. However, as the video surveillance footage had already been deleted, the perpetrators could not be found. The case significantly strengthened public awareness of hate crime and anti-Semitism, including in Germany. See, for example, the following reports: https://wien.orf.at/stories/3107040/; https://www.juedischeallgemeine.de/juedische-welt/attacke-in-der-wiener-u-bahn/; https://www.krone.at/2424508; and https://www.rtl.de/cms/wien-19-jaehrige-studentin-antisemitischbeleidigt-weil-sie-ein-buch-ueber-juden-liest-4770023.html. 

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR recognizes Austria's long-term efforts to improve its hate crime recording and data collection mechanism, leading to a significant increase in the number of recorded and prosecuted hate crimes. However, based on the available information, it observes that Austria's hate crime recording and statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Austria would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of criminal justice officials, especially prosecutors, to address hate crime. 

ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States agreed to a common definition of hate crime and committed to collecting reliable data and statistics on such crimes. To that end, hate crimes need to be distinguished throughout the recording and data collection processes from incitement to hatred and other hate speech. Participating States have also committed to introducing or further developing professional training and capacity-building activities for law enforcement, prosecution and judicial officials dealing with hate crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support Austria in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance, including further resources and tailored capacity-building assistance for police, prosecution and judiciary. 


Our methodology

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-06 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-06 Threats
Dokustelle
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-01 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-01 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-01 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-01 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-01 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-02 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-02 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-02 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-04 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-08 Threats
ZARA
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-03 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-11 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-11 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-04 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-11 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-11 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-11 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-12 Threats
ZARA
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2021 Threats
ZARA
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2021-05 Threats
ZARA
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-06 Threats
ZARA
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2021-10 Threats
ZARA
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2021-10 Threats
ZARA
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2021-12 Threats
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-04 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-06 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-06 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-06 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-09 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-09 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-10 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-10 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-04 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-04 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-12 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Threats
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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2021-09 Threats
OIDAC
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-12 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-05 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-02 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-02 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-06 Attacks against property
ZARA
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-04 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-05 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-05 Threats
Dokustelle
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-05 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
ZARA
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2021-06 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-06 Threats
Dokustelle
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-07 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-08 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-09 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-11 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-10 Attacks against property
Dokustelle
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
Dokustelle
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-08 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-09 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-10 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-12 Threats
ZARA
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2021-12 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
ZARA
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2021-06 Threats
ZARA
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2021-01 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-04 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-06 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-08 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-07 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-11 Attacks against property
ZARA
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-07 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2021-07 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2021-10 Threats
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2021-01 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-01 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-02 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-02 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-09 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-10 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-12 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2021-06 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2021 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2021-10 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2021-10 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2021-12 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2021-09 Threats
OIDAC
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Gender-based hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-03 Threats
ZARA
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2021-04 Threats
ZARA
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2021-12 Threats
ZARA
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2021-07 Threats
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2021-10 Threats
ZARA
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2021-03 Attacks against property
ZARA
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2021-01 Threats
ZARA
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2021-07 Threats
ZARA
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights published relevant recommendations in its "Commissioner For Human Rights of the Council Of Europe Dunja Mijatović: Report Following Her Visit To Austria from 13 To 17 December 2021".

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