Italy

Italy regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Annual reports on hate crime have been published since 2010 and can be accessed here.

The Observatory for Security against Discriminatory Acts (OSCAD) carries out activities to prevent, counter and monitor hate crimes. OSCAD works closely with the National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR), which deals with non-criminal hate incidents and co-ordinates a permanent consultation group to promote LGBTI rights and protection.

Italy implemented ODIHR's TAHCLE (Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement) programme in 2014. Italy also participated in ODIHR's project on "Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crime", which included the training of police, civil society, and lawyers on hate crime investigation and victim support, and the mapping of available hate crime data in the Lombardy region.

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2021	1,445	Not available	Not available
2020	1111	Not available	Not available
2019	1119	-	-
2018	1111	613	46
2017	1048	613	40
2016	736	424	31
2015	555	Not available	Not available
2014	596	Not available	Not available
2013	472	Not available	Not available
2012	71	Not available	10
2011	68	31	19
2010	56	Not available	60
2009	134	Not available	Not available

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KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Lunaria reported one case of property damage. The Kantor Center reported several cases of graffiti throughout Rome on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Lunaria reported two anti-Muslim cases of damage to property and two cases of physical violence.

Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported one incident of vandalism of church property.

The Holy See reported one case of grave desecration, five cases of vandalism of church property, and three cases of vandalism of churches.

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Arcigay reported 32 physical assaults and 14 robberies, motivated by bias against LGBT people.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Lunaria reported nine cases of damage to property, including two cases of arson, and 81 physical assaults, ten of which led to hospital treatment and eight of which were carried out by a group. The majority of the assaults were against migrant workers from North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

Anti-Roma hate crime

Lunaria reported two cases of physical violence and three cases of damage to property, motivated by bias against Roma and Sinti.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Italy intensify efforts to monitor hate crimes and adopt a broader definition of racist incidents that would include any incident that is perceived as such by the victim or any other person, noting that the current approach, in which official figures are recorded according to the perception of law enforcement, most likely under-represents the number of actual hate crimes. ECRI also noted cases of violence against Roma and migrants, especially those from Africa, Asia and Romania, in its fourth periodic report on Italy.

Anti-Roma hate crime

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights visited Italy, noting that violent attacks against Roma reflect a need for the government to improve its responses to racially motivated violence in general.