Romania
Romania regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. The Ministry of Administration and Interior, the police, the Prosecutor's Office and the Superior Council of Magistracy collect hate crime data.
In 2016, Romania implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) Programme. A specialized hate crime unit was created in the Romanian Police in 2021.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2022 | 59 | 129 | 16 |
2021 | 7 | 54 | 128 |
2020 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2019 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
2018 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2016 | 10 | 21 | 50 |
2015 | 15 | 24 | 59 |
2014 | 25 | 20 | Not available |
2013 | Not available | 4 | 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 | 1 | Not available |
About 2016 Data
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Police and prosecutor figures include cases of hate speech. Sixty-six hate crimes were reported as recorded by the police; 56 of which referred to incitement to hatred or discrimination, which fall outside the OSCE's hate crime definition. The sentencing figure relates solely to hate crimes – indicating cases where specific bias motivation aggravation was used by courts in sentencing – and includes seven homicides and ten cases of physical assault.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Romania's law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
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Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR in Romania
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR in Romania
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Anti-Roma hate crime
In a letter to Prime Minister of Romania, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe observed that police violence against Roma people remained a concern, as attested to by the number of such cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights.