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Poland regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Several public bodies are involved in monitoring and/or collecting data on hate crimes, primarily the police and the Prosecutor's Office. Hate crime data are regularly published.
There is a high degree of hate crime specialization in both police and prosecutor structures. More than 100 specialist hate crime prosecutors have been appointed, and a network of hate crime co-ordinators was established in the police in 2014. In 2015, following a request by the lower house of parliament, ODIHR provided a legislative review of proposed changes to the Criminal Code of Poland, including on hate crime provisions.
In 2023, Polish police participated in a three-day train-the-trainer workshop as part of ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE). In 2018, the Ministry of the Interior, ODIHR and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency co-organized a workshop on understanding and improving hate crime recording and data collection based on ODIHR's Information Against Hate Crimes Toolkit (INFAHCT) programme. In 2019, ODIHR co-operated with the Commissioner for Human Rights in Poland to issue a report on the nature and scale of unreported hate crimes against members of selected communities in Poland.
A draft bill is being developed to amend the Penal Code to strengthen criminal law protection against criminal discriminatory grounds for conduct on the basis of disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 893 | 386 | 296 |
| 2022 | 1,180 | 440 | 312 |
| 2021 | 997 | 466 | 339 |
| 2020 | 826 | 374 | 266 |
| 2019 | 972 | 432 | 597 |
| 2018 | 1117 | 397 | 315 |
| 2017 | 886 | 320 | 260 |
| 2016 | 874 | 281 | 236 |
| 2015 | 263 | 229 | 195 |
| 2014 | 778 | 179 | 127 |
| 2013 | 757 | 116 | 53 |
| 2012 | 266 | 76 | 39 |
| 2011 | 222 | 43 | 24 |
| 2010 | 251 | 30 | 28 |
| 2009 | 194 | 29 | 27 |
About 2019 Data
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All present records may include cases of hate speech.
Hate crime recorded by police
The numbers presented here refer to police investigations that were initiated as hate crimes. Incidents of hate speech, which fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime, were not included.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Poland has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Kantor Center reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Kantor Center reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Kantor Center reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-11 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-11 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-10 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-12 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-12 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
SETA
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
SETA
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| 2019-08 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
SETA
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
SETA
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-11 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-05 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-12 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-01 | Threats | Jewish Community of Warsaw
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Warsaw
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Warsaw
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
Kantor Center
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-10 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
SETA
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
SETA
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| 2019-11 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Threats | SETA
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| 2019-08 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
SETA
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-11 | Violent attacks against people | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-10 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-10 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Holy See
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | Ordo Iuris Institute
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| 2019-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2019-04 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Holy See
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2019-09 | Threats | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2019-01 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2019-05 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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Disability hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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Gender-based hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-03 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-08 | Attacks against property | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-09 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-11 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-07 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-12 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-04 | Threats | Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
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| 2019-01 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Threats | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-05 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Open Dialog Foundation
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| 2019-01 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-03 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-04 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-06 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Attacks against property | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-08 | Threats | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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| 2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | "Never Again" Association
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers published relevant recommendations in its "Resolution on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Poland."