Georgia
Georgia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Georgia's Criminal Code includes general and specific penalty enhancement provisions for hate crimes, as well as substantive offences. The Information-Analytical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Central Administration of Prosecutors of the Ministry of Justice, the Statistical Office and the Supreme Court all collect hate crime statistics. Based on the Memorandum of Cooperation on Collection of Data on Crimes Committed on Grounds of Intolerance with Discrimination Basis and Publishing a Joint Report, signed in 2020 by the Supreme Court of Georgia, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the MIA, and the National Statistics Office of Georgia, a pilot report on hate crime data was published for the period of 1 October – 31 December 2020.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2020 | 989 | 253 | 109 |
2019 | 775 | 183 | 32 |
2018 | 344 | 151 | 58 |
2017 | 86 | 44 | 11 |
2016 | 42 | 42 | 15 |
2015 | 22 | 5 | 5 |
2014 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
2013 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2012 | 13 | 5 | Not available |
2011 | 19 | 1 | Not available |
2010 | 41 | 11 | Not available |
2009 | 41 | 11 | Not available |
About 2020 Data
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The police number indicates investigations into incidents where an alleged bias motivation was detected. The prosecution figure indicates the number of prosecuted individuals.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2020-02 | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2020-03 | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2020-03 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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2020-04 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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Gender-based hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-02 | Attacks against property | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-02 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-02 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2020-03 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-04 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-07 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-09 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-10 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-10 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-10 | Violent attacks against people | Equality Movement
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2020-12 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-12 | Threats | Equality Movement
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2020-02 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-02 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-02 | Attacks against property | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-03 | Threats | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-05 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-06 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-07 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-10 | Violent attacks against people | Women's Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG)
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2020-05 | Attacks against property | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2020-06 | Attacks against property | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2020-07 | Attacks against property | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2020-08 | Attacks against property | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2020-09 | Attacks against property | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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2020-08 | Violent attacks against people | Center for Participation and Development (CPD)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI 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-seventh session: Compilation on Georgia."
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR recognizes Georgia's efforts to improve its hate crime recording and data collection as well as to make the hate crime data public. However, ODIHR observes that Georgia would benefit from strengthening the inclusion of, collaboration with, and facilitating work of, civil society working on hate crimes and with their victims.
ODIHR recalls that in the Ministerial Council Decisions 9/09 and 13/06, participating States have committed to taking a proactive and inclusive approach towards civil society which plays a key role in addressing hate crimes comprehensively, namely in reaching out to victims of hate crime and the entire victimized communities, and providing assistance to hate crime victims. ODIHR stands ready to support Georgia in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and assistance.