Disaggregation of police data is not available.
ODIHR recognizes Switzerland's efforts to report hate crime information and data to ODIHR. However, based on the available information, it observes that Switzerland's recording does not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes, and that law enforcement agencies do not record the bias motivations of hate crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Switzerland would benefit from reviewing the existing legal framework to ensure that bias motivations are effectively acknowledged and appropriate penalties can be imposed on the perpetrators.
ODIHR recalls that in the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States agreed to a definition of hate crime shared by all OSCE participating States. They also committed to collect reliable data and statistics on hate crimes. To that end, hate crimes need to be distinguished throughout the recording and data collection process from hate speech, discrimination and other related crimes.
Participating States also committed to enacting specific and tailored legislation to combat hate crimes, providing for effective penalties that take into account the gravity of such crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support Switzerland in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance, including further resources aimed at addressing hate crime legislation and providing tailored legislative advice.
In addition to incidents submitted with detailed descriptions, this chart includes 42 anti-Semitics incidents reported as statistics by the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG).
🛈 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.