Slovakia
Slovakia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Slovakia has implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme since 2017 and the Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme since 2018. In 2018, the Ministry of Interior co-organized with ODIHR and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights a workshop on understanding and improving hate crime recording and data collection, based on ODIHR's Information Against Hate Crimes Toolkit (INFAHCT). There is a high degree of hate crime specialization in both police and prosecutor structures in Slovakia.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2022 | 28 | 16 | 12 |
2021 | 20 | 13 | 15 |
2020 | 20 | 16 | 6 |
2019 | 50 | 38 | 8 |
2018 | 41 | 20 | 15 |
2017 | 34 | 16 | 10 |
2016 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
2015 | 6 | 30 | 2 |
2014 | 3 | Not available | 4 |
2013 | 7 | Not available | 7 |
2012 | 102 | Not available | 16 |
2011 | 242 | Not available | 16 |
2010 | Not available | Not available | 10 |
2009 | 132 | Not available | 18 |
About 2012 Data
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Police figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and hate speech offences (“extremist” crimes).
Sentencing data comprise only crimes committed on the basis of a “specific motive”, i.e. hate crimes, for which a prison sentence has been handed down.
In addition to this sentencing figure, 42 other extremist crimes were committed and punished by prison term.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Slovakia has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.