The Netherlands launched a 4-year awareness campaign to encourage victims of discrimination and hate crimes to report incidents to the authorities. As part of the campaign, the development of a tool to facilitate citizens' reporting is foreseen.
Dialogue has been launched between the local councils, police and the prosecutor's office, on the possibility to institutionalize co-operation when dealing with cases of discrimination and hate crimes. The possibility of standardizing procedures through the adoption of guidelines and the establishment of regional consultative platforms has been considered.
The NGO Anne Frank House has been granted direct access to the Police database of crime reports, in order to identify hate crimes and other discriminatory crimes and publicize this information. The resulting annual Monitoring Report thus provides an authoritative overview of hate crimes recorded by the Police.
Official figures recorded 1,313 racist and xenophobic incidents. Figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded two anti-Roma hate crimes. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 717 anti-Semitic hate crimes. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 117 hate crimes motivated by intolerance against Muslims. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 14 crimes based on bias against Christians and 143 further anti-religious hate crimes. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 1,343 crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation and 40 crimes motivated by transphobic bias. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 23 crimes based on bias against people with disabilities. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Official figures recorded 15 gender-based hate crimes, and further 1,028 hate crimes motivated by bias on other, unspecified grounds. The figures include cases of hate speech and discrimination.
Israel Information and Documentation Centre reported six physical assaults, including one in which a Rabbi was almost run over by a car and another in which a woman was violently grabbed; three threats; two incidents of damage to property; and 20 incidents of damage to Jewish property.
ILGA-Europe reported four physical assaults causing serious injuries, including one carried out by a group and one involving a threat with a knife. In one case, the victim's earrings were ripped out and he was beaten, and in the other the victim was stabbed multiple times. IGLA-Europe reported an additional physical assault against the owner of a café.
Turkish Forum reported a physical attack against a Muslim woman, during which her veil was torn off; five incidents of threats, one of which involved damage to a private home; three arson attacks, including one on a mosque; two attempted arson attacks on mosques; eight incidents of graffiti; four incidents of damage to property; and the desecration of a mosque involving a pig's head.
ODIHR observes that the Netherlands has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.