Records on prosecuted and sentenced cases were not available at the time of publishing ODIHR's 2024 Hate Crime Report.
The Ministry of Justice is currently considering the implementation of new solutions in the field of criminal mediation and restorative justice.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "ECRI Report on Portugal (sixth monitoring cycle)".
ODIHR recognizes Portugal's efforts to report hate crime information and statistics to ODIHR. However, based on the available information, ODIHR observes that law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations behind hate crimes and that Portugal's hate crime statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that Portugal would benefit from building the capacity of criminal justice officials to address hate crime.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States agreed to a definition of hate crime shared by all OSCE participating States, and committed to collecting reliable data and statistics on hate crimes, as well as to promptly investigating hate crimes and ensuring that the motives of those convicted of hate crimes are acknowledged. To that end, law enforcement agencies must first record the bias motivations behind hate crimes. 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 Portugal 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.
For 2024, ODIHR received reports of hate incidents in Portugal from the following civil society organizations:
The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC)
To learn more about this organization, visit the Contributors page.
All incidents submitted by the above organizations have been analysed by ODIHR. Those that were broadly considered to be hate crimes within the OSCE definition (criminal offence committed with a bias motive) are listed in the tables below according to the bias motivation category. Some incidents involved multiple biases and may be listed in multiple categories.
ODIHR’s insightsIn 2024, ODIHR received two reports of anti-Christian incidents that took place in Portugal. ODIHR observes that there is a lack of reporting from civil society on Portugal. It should be noted that ODIHR did not receive any reporting on Portugal relating to racist and xenophobic, anti-Roma, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, anti-LGBTI, gender-based, or disability hate incidents. This indicates potential gaps in the information reported here. |
Please note that incidents reported here are based on voluntary civil society submissions and as such do not reflect the actual number of incidents or the most targeted communities in Portugal.
To address under-reporting, ODIHR encourages any civil society organizations or groups that monitor hate incidents in Portugal to report these to ODIHR at hatecrimereport@odihr.pl.
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