More than 30 criminal police detectives and investigators were trained in two in-service training workshops on extremism carried out by the Ministry of Interior in 2014. These workshops also contained sessions on hate crime concepts and bias indicators.
Some 50 social workers working predominantly with marginalised Roma communities were trained by the Ministry of Interior on the concept and impact of hate crimes. More trainings will follow in 2015.
World Without Nazism reported one incident of the desecration of Jewish graves.
In its fifth report on Slovakia, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted the amendments to aggravating circumstances provisions in the criminal code and reiterated the need for detailed statistical data on racist and homophobic/transphobic hate crime.
In its report on Slovakia, the United Nations Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) raised concerns about increased violence against the Roma community and condemned violent attacks against Roma committed by law-enforcement personnel. It recommended special training on human rights and tolerance for police officers, the investigation and prosecution of all perpetrators of hate crimes against Roma, and amendments to the criminal code to increase punishments for racially motivated crimes committed by police officers.
ODIHR observes that the law-enforcement agencies of the Slovak Republic have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.