The numbers presented here refer to police investigations initiated as hate crimes. The numbers also include incidents of hate speech, which are considered crimes under Polish penal law.
This category includes crimes committed with bias against Christians.
All hate crimes in this category were motivated by bias against sexual orientation.
The United Nations Committee against Torture published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Poland."
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic reports of Poland."
The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs published relevant recommendations in its "Concerns about recent developments as regards the situation of the Polish LGBTI community."
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic reports of Poland."
ODIHR observes that Poland has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.