The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has continued implementing the Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme, based on a MoU signed with ODIHR in 2016.
The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has begun implementing a development strategy for 2017 – 2021, containing a section on countering discrimination and hate crimes. The strategy envisions the elaboration of recommendations on crimes committed with religious biases, the introduction of specialized hate crime prosecutors within the Prosecutor's Office, and increasing public awareness of hate crimes, including through the publication of notable cases on the official webpage of Prosecutor's Office.
In January 2018, the Human Rights Protection and Monitoring Department was established in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, which monitors hate crimes and oversees the initial stages of investigation.
This category consists of eight hate crimes targeting Jehovah’s Witnesses.
This category includes twelve hate crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation and 37 crimes committed on the basis of gender identity.
ODIHR observes that Georgia has not made public reliable data and statistics on hate crimes.
The UNHCR reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.