One criminal incident may be recorded with more than one bias motivation in the breakdown below.
In 2020, the German Federal Parliament passed the Act on Combating Right-Wing Extremism and Hate Crime to give better protection to victims of hate speech and hate crimes. Most of its parts came into effect in April 2021. The Act includes amendments to various federal laws. In particular, it extended the sentencing provision on aggravating circumstances of the German Criminal Code [Section 46 (2)StGB] and explicitly mentions anti-Semitic motives as an example of motives evidencing contempt for humanity.
The Federal Ministry of Justice funded a project of the German Institute for Human Rights (DIMR), which intended to improve the prosecution of racist crimes and, in particular, structures of cooperation between various actors (justice system, public prosecutor's office, police, victim protection associations, etc.). It consists of pilot projects in three Länder and is intended to last three years.
This category includes also hate crimes committed with a bias based on gender identity.
Acts of vandalism are displayed under "damage to property".
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Germany".
ODIHR recognizes Germany's efforts in addressing the prosecution of hate crimes, namely through improving the cooperation between the relevant stakeholders, as well as the submitted information regarding police records. However, based on the available information, it observes that Germany has not reported data on hate crimes recorded by the prosecution and judiciary to ODIHR. In addition, ODIHR observes that Germany would benefit from the raising awareness and building the capacity of criminal justice officials about hate crimes.
ODIHR recalls that in the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States have committed to collecting reliable data and statistics in sufficient detail on hate crimes and to reporting such crimes periodically to ODIHR. In the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States have also committed to introducing or further developing professional training and capacity-building activities for law-enforcement, prosecution, and judicial officials dealing with hate crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support Germany in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as through providing further resources and tailored capacity building assistance for police, prosecution, and judiciary.
In addition to incidents summarized below, this graph includes the following numbers of hate incidents reported as statistics: 6 reported by jugendschutz.net; 521 reported by RIAS/VDK; 990 reported by VBRG; 304 reported by MANEO; and 59 reported by Kantor Center.