Lithuania

Lithuania regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Lithuania's Criminal Code contains a combination of general and specific penalty enhancement provisions and a substantive offence. Data are collected by the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior and the Prosecutor General's Office. Data are not made publicly available.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	8	4	1
2019	9	1	0
2018	7	4	2
2017	9	4	3
2016	20	6	7
2015	24	5	4
2014	0	0	0
2013	3	2	3
2012	7	2	2
2011	5	2	Not available
2010	Not available	Not available	Not available
2009	3	Not available	Not available

About 2011 Data

Prosecution figures include one racist assault.

By bias motivation
By type of crime

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National developments

The government approved the Non-Discrimination Inter-Institutional Action Plan for 2012-2014, which obliges the Ministry of the Interior and the IT and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior to prepare and regularly publish statistics on criminal acts committed on the grounds of the victim’s nationality, “race”, ethnic origin, religion, language or belonging to another group.

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

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that Lithuania ensure hate crimes are effectively prosecuted and punished, including providing remedies to victims and conducting awareness-raising campaigns.

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Lithuania include systems for better monitoring and continue training of police, lawyers, judges and prosecutors on hate crime provisions, noting improvements to legislation and the system for recording criminal acts motivated by racism.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The UN Human Rights Council, in its Universal Periodic Review, encouraged Lithuania to further strengthen its measures to investigate and prosecute hate crimes, noting that the criminal law has already been amended to include racial motivation as an aggravating circumstance in all crimes. It also recommended that Lithuania take measures to prevent and prosecute violence and harassment on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.