Croatia
Croatia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Croatia's hate crime laws are a combination of a general penalty-enhancement provision and penalty-enhancement provisions for specific offences. Croatia's criminal code also includes a statutory definition of hate crime. Hate crime data are collected by the Ministry of Interior, the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice and the Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities. Data on hate crime are regularly published by the Government's Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2020 | 87 | 138 | 18 |
| 2019 | 48 | 117 | 10 |
| 2018 | 33 | 23 | 8 |
| 2017 | 25 | 16 | 12 |
| 2016 | 35 | 37 | 7 |
| 2015 | 24 | 27 | 7 |
| 2014 | 22 | 60 | 6 |
| 2013 | 35 | 57 | 8 |
| 2012 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
| 2011 | 57 | 20 | 10 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | 3 |
| 2009 | 32 | Not available | Not available |
About 2018 Data
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The reported prosecution figures consist of cases in which an indictment was filed and include cases initiated during the previous years.
Hate crime recorded by police
The police numbers represent the number of recorded offences. One incident can involve more than one offence.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-10 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-09 | Threats | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
UNHCR
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2018 | Threats | International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Croatian civil society coalition
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | UNHCR
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
UNHCR
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Croatia has not made public hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation.