Болгария
Болгария регулярно предоставляет БДИПЧ данные о преступлениях на почве ненависти. Болгария реализовала Программу БДИПЧ «Обучение сотрудников правоохранительных органов мерам борьбы с преступлениями на почве ненависти» (ОБПН) с 2012 по 2017 год. Болгария также приняла участие в программе БДИПЧ «Разработка комплексного реагирования системы уголовного правосудия на преступления на почве ненависти», содействуя разработке совместной программы обучения для полиции и прокуратуры, которая была опробована в стране. Болгария также приложила усилия по улучшению распознавания, регистрации и сбора данных о преступлениях на почве ненависти в рамках Программы БДИПЧ по содействию надлежащемy учету преступлений на почве ненависти и борьбе с ними (ИНФАКТ). В 2018 году БДИПЧ завершило обзор законодательства Болгарии против преступлений на почве ненависти.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Not available | 12 | 3 |
| 2022 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2021 | 18 | 384 | 303 |
| 2020 | 727 | 353 | 289 |
| 2019 | 22 | 432 | 155 |
| 2018 | 46 | 6 | 158 |
| 2017 | 22 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 28 | 299 | 71 |
| 2015 | 704 | 752 | 135 |
| 2014 | 617 | 750 | 117 |
| 2013 | 651 | 300 | 239 |
| 2012 | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 29 | 41 | 10 |
| 2010 | 20 | 34 | 4 |
| 2009 | 20 | 22 | 9 |
About 2015 Data
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Prosecution figure includes crimes committed with a ‘hooliganism’ motive in addition to the bias motivation.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Bulgaria have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Following its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Bulgarian authorities made the commitment to examine and respond to recommendations to enhance efforts to ensure that hate crimes are effectively investigated and prosecuted, including those perpetrated against LGBT people, migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. Other such recommendations included encouraging the reporting and proper recording of hate crimes, strengthening data-collection systems and providing training on hate crimes to law enforcement and judicial authorities.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, in the annual activity report following his country visit to Bulgaria, expressed concern at hate crimes targeting migrants and recommended that the authorities encourage reporting by victims and cease treating hate crimes as "hooliganism".