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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.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 has not nominated a national point of contact on hate crimes.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-12 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
SETA
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| 2017 | Threats | UNHCR
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07 | Attacks against property | Macedonian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (MHC)
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
Subversive Front
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
In its "Resolution on the 2018 Commission Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", the European Parliament urged the authorities to effectively address hate crime against minorities, in particular, the Roma and the LGBT communities, and to ensure the effective protection of affected communities and dissuasive sanctions for these hate crimes.