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Disability hate crime

Prejudice against people with disabilities is a belief that people with physical or mental impairments are inferior. People with disabilities face significant physical and social barriers to full participation in society. Lack of access to public transport and other basic services are common experiences, as well as entrenched prejudices that affect chances for employment, friendships and a full family life. Hate crimes against people with disabilities are often characterized by low level crime committed by people known to the victim such as petty theft or damage to mobility aids, escalating to very serious attacks involving torture and even murder.

A limited but growing number of governments provide official data on hate crime against people with disabilities. NGOs also report information on incidents motivated by bias against people with disabilities, as well as against homeless people. There is a low awareness of disability hate crime, and knowledge about how to monitor incidents motivated by hostility against people with disabilities among civil society organizations and the general public. As a result the data in this section is sparse.

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15 states

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10 states

Overview of incidents reported by other sources

Violent attacks against people Threats Attacks against property Total
14 3 4 21

Date Country Type of incident Source Description
2019 Switzerland Threats Consultation Network for the Victims of Racism Show info
2019 Poland Violent attacks against people "Never Again" Association Show info
2019-01 Italy Threats Lunaria Show info
2019-02 United States of America Attacks against property Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Show info
2019-03 Greece Attacks against property Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) Show info
2019-03 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info
2019-03 Ireland Attacks against property European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info
2019-04 Switzerland Violent attacks against people Consultation Network for the Victims of Racism Show info
2019-04 Serbia Violent attacks against people OSCE Mission to Serbia Show info
2019-04 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info
2019-07 Russian Federation Violent attacks against people "Coming Out" LGBT Group, Russian LGBT Network Show info
2019-07 Italy Violent attacks against people Lunaria Show info
2019-09 Spain Violent attacks against people Muslim Human Rights Association Show info
2019-09 Germany Violent attacks against people Amadeu Antonio Foundation Show info
2019-09 Germany Violent attacks against people Inssan Show info
2019-10 Greece Attacks against property Greek Helsinki Monitor Show info

International Reports

Georgia

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

OSCE Region

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published relevant recommendations in its "Report on Awareness-raising under article 8 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."

The United Nations General Assembly published relevant recommendations in its resolution on "Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities."

Related publications

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Hate crime against people with disabilities
19 December 2016
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Русский
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Report on inclusiveness of higher education for persons with disabilities
23 February 2015
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Guide on discrimination grounds
25 March 2014
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Guide on working with vulnerable groups and non-discrimination principles
2014
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Srpski
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Report of the regional seminar on hate crimes against people with disabilities for national human rights institutions and criminal justice officials
June 2013

Bias Motivations

  • Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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  • Anti-Roma hate crime
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  • Anti-Semitic hate crime
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  • Anti-Muslim hate crime
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  • Anti-Christian hate crime
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  • Other hate crime based on religion or belief
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  • Gender-based hate crime
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  • Anti-LGBTI hate crime
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  • Disability hate crime
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