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North Macedonia

North Macedonia

North Macedonia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. North Macedonia implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) Programme in 2014, training more than 2,000 police officers under the programme by 2018. Following changes to the hate crime provisions in 2018, a refresher training-of-trainers session for police was conducted by ODIHR in December 2021. North Macedonia implemented ODIHR's Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme in 2019, and in 2022 completed a training on hate crimes for the judiciary together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje. 

Hate crime data collection in North Macedonia
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North Macedonia's hate crime legislation
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Download the 2014 hate crime report for North Macedonia

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 41 Not available Not available
2022 54 Not available Not available
2021 22 125 Not available
2020 29 Not available Not available
2019 23 - -
2018 33 - -
2017 Not available Not available Not available
2016 2 - -
2015 5 3 2
2014 Not available Not available Not available
2013 Not available Not available Not available
2012 Not available Not available Not available
2011 Not available Not available Not available
2010 Not available Not available Not available
2009 Not available Not available Not available

Hate crime recorded by police

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia does not collect data and statistics on hate crimes.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

TOTAL 38 INCIDENTS
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Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported 15 physical attacks involving groups in which many people were seriously injured, property was damaged and which involved weapons, including knives and sticks. Several incidents were in connection with sports events. Victims of the assaults were either ethnic Albanians or ethnic Macedonians.

The Committee reported a further six physical assaults, including an incident in which two ethnic Albanians were pelted with stones, one in which a 15 year-old ethnic Macedonian boy was seriously injured, and the stabbing of an ethnic Albanian boy. The Committee also reported an incident in which a bomb was thrown into the home of an Albanian family, a further incident of damage to property, and two threats, including one against an ethnic Macedonian couple that involved a knife.

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Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported a series of incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti throughout Skopje in connection with the annual commemoration of the deportation of Jews to Treblinka.

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Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

The Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported three incidents of the desecration of graves.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

ILGA-Europe, the LGBTI Support Centre and the Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported eight physical assaults, including three carried out by groups, one of which was against four people and one also involving damage to a café that was hosting an event marking the second anniversary of the LGBTI support centre, and several stone-throwing attacks. Victims were mainly gay men, as well as two children. ILGA-Europe, the LGBTI Support Centre and the Macedonian Helsinki Committee reported a further series of threats against three gay men in a shopping centre.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

In its report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Nations Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) called upon the authorities to take appropriate measures to prevent and end impunity for violence against the LGBT community.

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