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Year
2016
Report data for country
Romania
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
50
Cases Prosecuted
21
Cases Recorded by Police
10
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Police and prosecutor figures include cases of hate speech. Sixty-six hate crimes were reported as recorded by the police; 56 of which referred to incitement to hatred or discrimination, which fall outside the OSCE's hate crime definition. The sentencing figure relates solely to hate crimes – indicating cases where specific bias motivation aggravation was used by courts in sentencing – and includes seven homicides and ten cases of physical assault.
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The Romanian Police continued implementing the project "Integrated approach for prevention of victimization in Roma communities" in partnership with ODIHR and funded by a grant from the government of Norway. The project also addressed hate crimes.

The National Institute of Magistracy (NIM) organized an initial training for future judges and prosecutors. The programme included the scope of hate crimes and the manner in which they should be addressed. Three hundred and two judicial trainees participated.

Hate crime workshops for judges and prosecutors were conducted focusing on European Court of Human Rights case law.

IGO
Organization Name
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
Bias Motivation
Anti-Roma hate crime
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

In a letter to Prime Minister of Romania, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe observed that police violence against Roma people remained a concern, as attested to by the number of such cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights.

ODIHR Recommendations

ODIHR observes that Romania's law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.