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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.

Amendments to the Criminal Code introduced in 2023 set out the constituent elements of hate crimes and the protected grounds therein.

SELECT YEAR

Download the 2017 hate crime report for Romania

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	95	252	239
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 2017 Data

A year-to-year drop in numbers is due to increased ability to separate hate crime and hate speech data. Eight more incidents were reported as registered by the police, which however fall outside of the scope of the OSCE definition.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Romanian Police has established a working group to guide implementation of a number of measures aimed at increasing the effectiveness of hate crime investigations, registration and data collection on hate crimes, and at furthering the hate crime training for officers.

The working group comprising representatives of the Romanian Police, General Prosecutor's Office and the civil society organization ACCEPT has developed a methodology on the investigation of hate crimes, pending approval in 2018.

The Police have been implementing the project "Integrated action for combating hate crimes, particularly against Roma communities and ensuring a high quality standard of police service", funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. The project aims to, among other things, improve structures for addressing hate crimes, train police officers, and learn from experiences of other countries in addressing hate crimes.

KEY OBSERVATION

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

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-03	Violent attacks against people	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)	Show info
2017-05	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR	Show info
2017-09	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR	Show info

Anti-Roma hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-03	Violent attacks against people	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)	Show info

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-04	Attacks against property	Kantor Center	Show info

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017	Violent attacks against people	SETA	Show info
2017-05	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR	Show info

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017-06	Threats	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2017-06	Threats	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2017-06	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2017-03	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2017-06	Threats	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2017	Violent attacks against people	ACCEPT Association ILGA-Europe	Show info
2017-05	Violent attacks against people	ACCEPT Association ILGA-Europe	Show info
2017-06	Threats	ACCEPT Association ILGA-Europe	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.