Year
Report data for country
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
0
Cases Prosecuted
0
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Reported police, prosecution and sentencing figures include crimes of incitement to hatred and violation of equality, some of which fall outside of the scope of the OSCE's definition of hate crime.
Intro for the official data graphs
A breakdown of police recorded hate crimes by bias motivation is not available. Eleven hate crimes (as per OSCE definition) shown below were reported as recorded by police.
Bias motivations and crime types
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
8
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes crime of endangering the safety (Article 138 of the Criminal Code) and incitement to hatred (Article 317 of the Criminal Code), including cases not aggravated by violence.
IGO
Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
In the proceeds from the "Fifth meeting of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Council", the European Union noted with concern that the investigation, prosecution and penalties for hate crimes against LGBT people are often inadequate and encouraged Serbia to ensure adequate prosecution of all hate crimes.
ODIHR Recommendations
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Serbia have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.