Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The reported figure consists of threats and an unspecified number of defamation and other hate speech cases.
Bias motivations and crime types
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
2
IGO
Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Iceland introduce provisions in criminal law that expressly consider racist motivation as an aggravating circumstance of an offence, and strengthen in-service and initial training for police, prosecutors and judges on recognizing racist motivation.