Румыния

Romania regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Romania's criminal law contains a general penalty-enhancement provision and a substantive offence. Police data and prosecution data also include hate speech offences. The Ministry of Administration and Interior, the police, the Prosecutor's Office and the Superior Council of Magistracy collect hate crime data.

How hate crime data is collected in Румыния

How hate crime data is collected in Румыния

The Romanian Police records all criminal offences in a dedicated database. Romanian investigative police officers have a duty to highlight all aggravating circumstances when registering criminal files that are under investigation. However, there are no designated procedures for recording hate crimes by the police. A working group has been created at the level of the Romanian Police to determine necessary changes to the registration and investigation of hate crimes.

Prosecution files and court files include information about aggravating circumstances. This information is replicated and centralized in the judicial statistics application used by the Ministry of Justice. These data have been collected since 2014.

At the start of 2018, the authorities established a statistical data collection mechanism, which introduced two new forms through which additional data on hate crimes are collected. The new mechanism provides for monitoring the use of the aggravating circumstance found in article 77, letter "h", from the Criminal Code, and of the criminal offences under the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 31/2002, and allows for separate monitoring of all hate crimes in the judicial statistical system ECRIS. The change was made by Annex 19 to Order no. 298/2017 of the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and amended Order no. 213/2015 on the organization and functioning of the information system of the Public Ministry.

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2021 7 54 128
2020 Not available Not available Not available
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 2 2 33
2017 1 0 8
2016 10 21 50
2015 15 24 59
2014 25 20 Not available
2013 Not available 4 Not available
2012 Not available Not available Not available
2011 Not available Not available Not available
2010 Not available Not available Not available
2009 Not available 1 Not available

About 2021 Data

    In addition to the above, a further 20 cases were recorded by police and 276 by the prosecution authorities that fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime. Out of the total number of sentenced cases, the courts applied the aggravating circumstances provision to 19 cases, in accordance with Article 77 of the Criminal Code on offences involving a bias motivation.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Romanian Police is working to establish specialist hate crime investigation officers. There is now a designated police officer responsible for hate crimes cases within each regional Criminal Investigation Service of the Romanian Police. Consequently, there are 48 specialist hate crime police officers throughout Romania's 41 counties and in Bucharest. In addition, there is a newly established unit within the Criminal Investigation Directorate – the Office for the Investigation of Hate Crimes – which is made up of six police officers.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR recognizes Romania's efforts to provide national hate crime data and information to ODIHR. However, based on the available information, it observes that law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Romania would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of criminal justice officials to address hate crime.

ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States committed to promptly investigating hate crimes and ensuring that the motives of those convicted of hate crimes are acknowledged. To that end, law enforcement agencies must first record the bias motivations behind hate crimes. Participating States 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 Romania in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as by providing further resources and tailored capacity-building assistance for police, prosecutors, and the judiciary.

Our methodology

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Anti-Roma hate crime

Дата ВИД ИНЦИДЕНТА Источник Описание
2021-09 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2021-05 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Дата ВИД ИНЦИДЕНТА Источник Описание
2021-03 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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