The breakdown below includes offences recorded as committed with the following bias motivations: racist and xenophobic hate crime; anti-Roma hate crime; anti-Semitic hate crime; anti-Roma hate crime; anti-Muslim hate crime; anti-LGBTI hate crime; and "other hate crime", which includes incidents targeting human rights defenders, some of whom may work with marginalized groups. The numbers may include incidents that fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition.
The crime recorded in this category was committed with a bias against persons of Arab descent.
The number here represents incidents targeting human rights defenders or representatives of civil society organizations working on human rights and with marginalized groups.
ODIHR recognizes the Czech Republic's efforts to build prosecutors' capacities in addressing hate crimes. However, based on the available information, it observes that the country's mechanisms for recording hate crime data and statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of police to respond to hate crimes.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States agreed to a common hate crime definition and also committed to collecting reliable data and statistics on hate crimes. To that end, hate crimes need to be distinguished throughout the recording and data collection process from crimes of incitement to hatred and other hate speech. 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 the Czech Republic 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 further resources and tailored capacity building assistance for police.
In addition to incidents summarized below, this graph includes three cases of anti-Semitic incidents reported by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic.