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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. 

Hate crime data collection in Italy
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Hate crime capacity building in Italy
Italy's hate crime legislation
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Download the 2016 hate crime report for Italy

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
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

    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.

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  • By type of crime
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National developments

OSCAD participated in the "Facing all the Facts" training for law enforcement on building capacity to monitor discrimination crimes. OSCAD is a co-beneficiary partner of the project, which is run by the civil society group CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe.

The Ministry of the Interior and various law enforcement bodies trained 1,800 officers from the National Police. The trainees included National Police cadets, commissioners, police managers, Border Police, and the National Police Sports group.

Two seminars on anti-LGBT hate crime were organized to complete the training component of the LGBT national strategy, two seminars for 60 officers and 210 operators on anti-LGBT hate crime were organized.

Finally, 3,000 Carabinieri attended a course that contained a module on 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

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  • Targeted properties
  • Type of property attacks

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
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
SETA
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2016-05 Violent attacks against people
Lunaria
SETA
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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
SETA
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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
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
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
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
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
2016-07 Violent attacks against people
Lunaria
SETA
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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
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
OIDAC
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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
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.

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