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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 coordinates 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.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 1,106 | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | 1,393 | Not available | Not available |
| 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 2016 Data
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An additional 43,392 cases of violence against women were recorded by police and reported to ODIHR as hate crimes. These are not presented here. The reported numbers include some cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Hate crime recorded by police
The data presented here include information from the police database and information gathered by the Observatory for Security against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD). Data for racism and xenophobia include hate crime motivated by bias against Roma and Sinti, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and other anti-religious hate crimes.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Italy has not reported the numbers of prosecuted and information on sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-02 | Threats/Harassment | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Threats/Harassment | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-04 | Threats/Harassment | Association 21 July
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Association 21 July
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Association 21 July
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Observatory on anti-Semitism
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Lunaria
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-06 | Threats/Harassment | SETA
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Lunaria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its "Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth and twentieth periodic reports of Italy," the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended the investigation, prosecution and punishment of all perpetrators of hate crimes. CERD also recommended that local authorities collect data systematically, increase the reporting of hate crimes and strengthen the hate crime provisions to also cover mixed motivations.