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12 years 5 months
Year
Report data for country
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
56
Cases Prosecuted
69
Cases Recorded by Police
881
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Numbers reported here include – besides hate crimes – also other types of "discrimination" incidents, which can fall outside of the OSCE's definition of a hate crime. Incidents, where the suspect is a minor, are not included in the statistics.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
675
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
9
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
76
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
116
NGO
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Collective against Islamophobia in Belgium (CCIB) reported an incident in which a Palestinian restaurant was vandalized; the damage included swastika graffiti. Antisemitisme.be reported one incident of graffiti.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Antisemitisme.be reported a physical assault causing serious injury; a physical assault carried out by a group against an Israeli football fan; two additional physical assaults targeting people visibly identifiable as Jewish; one robbery, which was a part of the harassment over several months of a Jewish student; and an incident in which five Stolpersteine, stones commemorating Holocaust victims, were covered in red paint.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

ILGA-Europe and Cavaria reported four physical assaults, including one in which a firearm was used against a gay couple and one in which a gay man was attacked by a group.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Racism Islamophobia Watch (ORIW) reported an incident of physical violence targeting a twelve year old child, who was slapped by an educator for refusing to eat pork; and a series of threatening envelopes containing white substance sent to two mosques and a regional centre for integration.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Kantor Center reported six cases of anti-Semitic violence.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

SETA reported three incidents of threats, including two threatening letters and the delivery of suspicious powder in the mail.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Collective against Islamophobia in Belgium (CCIB) reported four physical assaults, including one in which a knife and a firearm were used, and two others in which pedestrians were hit by a car; five threats; three incidents of graffiti; and the desecration of a mosque in which severed pig heads were found in the backyard.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDC) reported three incidents of vandalism to churches, one of which involved graffiti.

Overview of incidents
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
0
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
2
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
11
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
1
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
5
Attacks Against People - Threats
11
Attacks against property
4
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
0
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
3
Mandated bias motivation
Attacks Against People - Violent Attacks
4
Attacks Against People - Threats
0
Attacks against property
0
Holy See
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Holy See and the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe reported the case of a bias-motivated murder of an elderly woman in a church. Belgian authorities confirmed that the case is under prosecution and that no bias motive had been registered.

ODIHR Recommendations

ODIHR observes that Belgium has not periodically reported reliable information and statistics on hate crimes to ODIHR.