Ukraine
Ukraine regularly submits information on hate crimes to ODIHR. Ukraine's hate crime laws combine general and specific penalty enhancement provisions and contain a substantive offence. Hate crime data are collected by the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Department on Sentence Execution and the State Statistics Committee.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 203 | 170 | 6 |
2019 | 256 | 235 | 4 |
2018 | 178 | 149 | 6 |
2017 | 163 | 94 | 3 |
2016 | 144 | 76 | 2 |
2015 | 157 | 79 | 3 |
2014 | 33 | 33 | 2 |
2013 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2012 | 3 | 2 | Not available |
2011 | 5 | Not available | Not available |
2010 | 5 | Not available | Not available |
2009 | 2 | Not available | Not available |
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its “Concluding Observations on the Seventh Periodic Report of Ukraine”, the United Nations Human Rights Committee expressed concerns about the infrequent use of Article 161 of the Criminal Code (on inciting ethnic, racial or religious animosity or hatred) and that hate crimes are instead prosecuted under hooliganism charges. The Committee recommended that the state step up efforts to investigate and properly prosecute the perpetrators of hate crimes.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes – in the context of the disparity between reported official and IGO/NGO information on Ukraine – that reliable data can only be collected through mechanisms that capture all cases reported to law enforcement, and that victims should be encouraged to report hate crimes.