Other hate crime based on religion or belief

Bias against individuals on the basis of religion or belief can take various forms. The extent and nature of attacks motivated by bias against a particular religion or belief are influenced by a number of factors, including the minority or majority status in a given territory, the level of recognition of particular religious or belief groups in a given country, or political and media focus on these groups at a particular moment. This category also presents hate crimes targeting non-believers.

OSCE participating States collect varying types of information, which is then reported and presented under the heading of this bias motivation. For some states, the number of cases reported here may cover all hate crimes committed with an anti-religious bias (including anti-Christian, anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim). In other cases, hate crimes motivated by anti-Semitism or bias against Muslims or Christians are reported under specific bias categories and, thus, not included in the overall figure for crimes committed with an anti-religious bias. As a consequence of these differences, understanding the data presented under this bias category requires caution, as comparisons based on the numbers of cases alone may not be accurate.

TANDIS

Overview of incidents reported by other sources

Violent attacks against people Threats Attacks against property Total
6 3 3 12

Date Country Type of incident Source Description
2019 Switzerland Threats Consultation Network for the Victims of Racism, humanrights.ch Show info
2019-01 Croatia Threats Croatian civil society coalition Show info
2019-01 Greece Violent attacks against people Greek Helsinki Monitor Show info
2019-03 Georgia Violent attacks against people Center for Participation and Development (CPD), Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI) Show info
2019-07 United States of America Violent attacks against people OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights Show info
2019-08 Germany Attacks against property FAIR international - Federation against Injustice and Racism e. V. Show info
2019-11 Ireland Threats European Network Against Racism - Ireland Show info

International Reports

Bulgaria

The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the Thirty-sixth session: Compilation on Bulgaria."

OSCE Region

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief published relevant recommendations in its interim report on the "Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance."