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12 years 5 months
Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
1285
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The figure presented here includes 11 cases of hate crimes motivated by "fear of the poor" that are not included in the breakdown by bias motivation below, as these do not fall under the OSCE definition of hate crimes.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
118
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes physical assaults with or without injuries, as well as sexual assaults and abuse.
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
21
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
8
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
8
Cases Recorded by Police
101
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes threats and minor harassment.
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
217
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes hate crimes committed at, around, shortly before or after a sport event, and other unspecified crimes.
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
7
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Cases Recorded by Police
4
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
7
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
16
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Cases Recorded by Police
10
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
6
Cases Recorded by Police
9
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
12
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
412
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
4
Cases Recorded by Police
22
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
71
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
96
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
40
Cases Recorded by Police
10
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
51
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The first Action Protocol for the State Security Forces on Hate Crimes has been developed by the Ministry of Interior. It provides the security forces with a list of bias indicators to focus on in order to ensure correct collection of evidence and registering of hate crimes.

The Ministry of Interior further created a function description for "Hate crime police officers". These specialists from the State Security Forces will maintain contact with civil society in order to better prevent and resolve hate crimes.

The Ministry of Employment and Social Security has begun training teachers on how to detect racist or xenophobic incidents at schools.

Spanish authorities have worked on a Practical Guide on Discrimination, to be published in July 2015, which synthesizes all available information on how and where to report hate crimes and discrimination incidents in Spain.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 475 racist and xenophobic crimes.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures recorded 24 anti-Semitic hate crimes.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures recorded 63 hate crimes motivated by bias against religion.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures recorded 513 hate crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures recorded 199 hate crimes motivated by bias against disability.

NGO
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain, Pro Igual and the Cabinet of Social Studies reported the stabbing of five people from China, Morocco, Pakistan and South America. The Cabinet of Social Studies reported a further case of arson on a warehouse with 14 men of African descent inside, and three physical assaults, including a knife attack carried out by a group. The Movement Against Intolerance reported three physical assaults causing serious injuries.Pro Igual reported an additional physical assault causing serious injury, one physical assault against a Mongolian man and two incidents of graffiti. 

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Cabinet of Social Studies and Pro Igual reported an arson attack by a group of several hundred people against the homes of six Roma families. Pro Igual reported an additional arson attack on a Roma home.

The Cabinet of Social Studies also reported a series of attacks against the houses of Roma families in which two were set on fire and a further four were damaged by thrown stones.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Cabinet of Social Studies and the Movement Against Intolerance reported an incident of the desecration of a place of worship involving graffiti on a new local mosque and the placing of pieces of pig’s heads and bacon next to the entrance. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a further case of graffiti on a mosque.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience reported three incidents of threats, including one involving theft, in which threatening graffiti was repeatedly applied near a cemetery construction site, two arson attacks on churches, one incident of theft from a church, one incident of graffiti, one incident of the desecration of graves in a cemetery, and one incident in which an Archbishopric's website was hacked and offensive messages published.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported damage to a church, which included graffiti, and an incident of graffiti on a basilica.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a threat and two physical assaults, including one against two gay men that caused serious injury. The Cabinet of Social Studies, the State Federation of Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual People (FELGBT) and ILGA-Europe reported a physical assault against a boy carried out by a group in school. The FELGBT and ILGA-Europe reported a further four threats, including one against a lesbian woman; and six physical assaults, including one carried out by a group against a gay man, a further three against gay men and two against transgender women.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Movement Against Intolerance, the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain and Pro Igual reported an arson attack on a mosque.

The Union of Islamic Communities of Spain reported two physical assaults causing serious injuries, one of which was carried out by a group, and one further arson attack on a mosque. Pro Igual reported one additional arson attack on a mosque, the desecration of a new mosque and one incident of graffiti.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Jehovah's Witnesses – Spain reported an arson attack on a place of worship.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Pro Igual reported a physical assault causing serious injury against a transgender woman, in which a car dragged the victim over several metres. Pro Igual and the Movement Against Intolerance reported an additional physical assault against a gay couple. The Movement Against Intolerance reported an additional physical assault causing serious injuries to a gay man and an arson attack on the home of an LGBT activist.

Bias Motivation
Overview of incidents
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
14
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
2
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
0
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
8
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
2
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
7
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
0
Attacks Against People - Threats
3
Attacks against property
8
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
12
Attacks Against People - Threats
5
Attacks against property
1
IGO
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that the Council for Victims of Hate Crimes and Discrimination (COVIDOD) was established at the national level. It is a network of 20 civil society groups advocating for a law that guarantees legal and humanitarian assistance and protection for victims of hate crime.

ODIHR Recommendations

ODIHR observes that Spain has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases or information on sentenced hate crime cases.