Report Data - Serbia - 2010

Official Data

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2019	86	14	10
2018	61	12	7
2017	5	0	0
2016	9	1	2
2015	79	7	19

National developments

In 2019, the National Strategy for Exercising the Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes, for the period 2019-2025, as well as the Action Plan for the first three years of the Strategy's implementation were drafted.

The Public Prosecutor's Office, the Judicial Academy and the OSCE Mission to Serbia continued organizing training events for public prosecutors in 2019, with the aim of improving the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. These events included the presentation of the Guidelines for the prosecution of hate crimes in the Republic of Serbia, developed jointly by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and civil society representatives, as well as examples of practical actions of the competent bodies concerning hate crimes, and the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.

NGO reports

Organization Report

Chachipe reported one arson attack that targeted a Roma settlement. The Regional Center for Minorities reported one physical assault, one case of arson and three cases of graffiti. In addition, four nights of rioting took place that targeted a Roma community and involved harassment, damage to property and arson. The riots occurred following a murder perpetrated by a Roma man. Six people were arrested and convicted and sentenced for orchestrating the riots, and the Roma man was convicted and sentenced for the murder.

Organization Name

Chachipe

Bias Motivation

Bias against Roma and Sinti

Description Type

Reports

Organization Report

Labris reported two serious physical assaults and an attack by a group on participants and bystanders at a pride march, in which 160 people were reported to have been injured. Labris reported that 83 people were charged for their alleged involvement in the attack at the gay pride parade. Labris reported two other physical assaults causing serious bodily injury

Organization Name

Labris

Bias Motivation

Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity

Description Type

Reports

IGO Reports

Organization Name

UNHCR

Organization Report

UNHCR reported two serious physical assaults and an attack by a group on participants and bystanders at a pride march, in which 160 people were reported to have been injured.

Bias Motivation

Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity

Description Type

Reports

Organization Name

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Organization Report

In Milanović v. Serbia, for the first time the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) referenced the duty of officials to investigate a religiously motivated crime. The Court stated that, just as in the case of “racially motivated attacks, when investigating violent incidents, State authorities have the additional duty to take all reasonable steps to unmask any religious motive and to establish whether or not religious hatred or prejudice may have played a role in the events.” The case concerned a leading member of the Vaishnava Hindu religious community, also known as Hare Krishna, who suffered a series of attacks between 2001 and 2007.

Bias Motivation

Bias against Christians and members of other religions

Description Type

Developments

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