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Report Data - Moldova - 2016

14 March 2017

Official Data

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced About these data
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 10 5 41
2017 17 5 10
2016 5 5 5
2015 0 0 1
IGO Reports 
Organization Name 
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) [1]
Organization Report 

In its "Concluding observations on the combined tenth and eleventh periodic reports of Moldova," the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about the lack of hate crime legislation and recommended that  the investigation and prosecution of all hate crimes is ensured, as well as that date are provided on the numbers of cases.

Bias Motivation 
Racism and xenophobia [2]
Description Type 
Developments
ODIHR Recommendations 

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Moldova have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

National Developments 
Description Type 
Developments
Organization Report 

Parliament passed amendments to Moldova's Criminal Code which will alter the existing hate crime provisions in the first reading. The bill expected to pass into law in 2017.

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[1] https://hatecrime.osce.org/igo/united-nations-committee-elimination-racial-discrimination-cerd
[2] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/racism-and-xenophobia