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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.  

Hate crime data collection in Italy
Support for hate crime victims in Italy
Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

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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

About 2011 Data

    Figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and those involving insults.
    Police figures are reported by bias motivation breakdown. However, the breakdown of numbers does not add up to the overall figure reported.

Hate crime recorded by police

  • By bias motivation
  • By type of crime
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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.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

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

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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.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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