Cases of public incitement to terrorism and violation of the rights of a child were excluded from the numbers presented below as they fall outside the OSCE hate crime definition.
In March 2023, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted a National Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Suppression of Discrimination, 2023-2027, along with an accompanying Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (2023) and an Action Plan for Suppression of Discrimination (2023). The Plans define and set out special goals related to the exercise of human rights and preventing discrimination in Croatia.
The Action Plans include activities to preserve a culture of genocide remembrance and strengthen awareness of racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance.
OHRRNM, in co-operation with the Judicial Academy, organized seminars on hate crimes and hate speech in Zagreb and Opatija. The seminars were attended by approximately 60 persons from across Croatia, including representatives of the police, the state attorney's office and the courts.
Two cases of the violation of the rights of a child were excluded from this category as they fall outside the OSCE hate crime definition
One case of the public incitement to terrorism was excluded from this category as it falls outside the OSCE hate crime definition.
Two cases of the violation of the rights of a child were excluded as they fall outside the OSCE hate crime definition.
ODIHR recognizes Croatia's efforts to regularly report hate crime information and data to ODIHR. However, based on the available information, it observes that Croatia's hate crime recording and statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Croatia would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of criminal justice officials to address hate crime.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States agreed to a common hate crime definition and committed to collecting reliable data and statistics on hate crimes. To that end, throughout the recording and data collection process hate crimes must be distinguished from incitement to hatred offences and other crimes falling outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition. Participating States 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 Croatia 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 by providing further resources and tailored capacity-building assistance for police, prosecution, and judiciary.
🛈 Please note that the data in the charts above are based on voluntary civil society submissions and as such might not be representative of the actual number of incidents affecting individual communities.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.