Slovakia
Slovakia regularly reports police data and data on sentencing to ODIHR. Slovakia's criminal code includes substantive offences and a specific penalty enhancement clause affixed to a large number of base offences. While sentencing data only comprise hate crimes, police data also include hate speech offences. The Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor's Office collect hate crime data. The data on hate crime are not made public.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, in the annual activity report following his country visit to Slovakia, recommended including gender identity as a protected characteristic in the criminal code. The Commissioner also expressed concern at the manifestations of intolerance against Roma and Sinti people, and called on the authorities to improve the registration of hate crimes, including through the training of police.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of the Slovak Republic have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.