Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
48
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The number of cases recorded by the police refers to crime of racial or religious discrimination only and therefore includes incidents of hate speech and discrimination, which fall outside of the scope of the OSCE definition of hate crimes. The judiciary has data on the crimes of murder and grievous bodily harm aggravated by bias, however, these cannot be reported as their number does not exceed three.
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
Portugal amended Article 240 of its Criminal Code to more fully address hate crimes.
IGO
Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
In its "Fifth report on Portugal", the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance commended the appointment of four specialized hate crime prosecutors. ECRI recommended that the authorities adopt a broad definition of hate crime based on victims' perceptions and put in place a set of guidelines enabling improved registration and effective processing of such incidents, as well as the production of reliable statistics.
ODIHR Recommendations
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Portugal have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.