Latvia

Latvia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Latvia's criminal code contains a general penalty enhancement. Data reported to ODIHR also include offences of incitement to hatred. Data are collected by the Ministry of Interior, law enforcement agencies, the Department of Analysis and Management of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Courts Administration unit of the Ministry of Justice and the Security Police of the Republic of Latvia. Data are not made publicly available.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	Not available	Not available	Not available
2019	Not available	Not available	Not available
2018	Not available	Not available	Not available
2017	Not available	Not available	Not available
2016	11	7	0
2015	11	1	5
2014	13	7	9
2013	22	0	Not available
2012	18	2	2
2011	12	1	2
2010	7	4	5
2009	6	7	8

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-02	Threats	UNHCR	Show info

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-04	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

In its "Concluding observations on the combined sixth to twelfth periodic reports of Latvia", the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that the Latvian authorities prioritize the collection of reliable and comprehensive statistics disaggregated by the ethnicity of the victims, reports, investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sanctions for racist hate crimes. CERD also recommended that the authorities develop training programmes on suitable methods for identifying, registering, investigating and prosecuting racist incidents and hate crimes.