Year
Report data for country
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
7
Cases Prosecuted
37
Cases Recorded by Police
35
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The police recorded a significant number of incidents that were later identified as a single, continuing, criminal offence normally prosecuted as a single case. As a result, these incidents are not matched with an equal number of prosecuted and sentenced cases. The police figures include incidents of incitement to hatred. The reported prosecution figures include cases initiated during the previous years.
Bias motivations and crime types
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes the criminal offence of serious bodily injury (Criminal Code, art.118.) and the criminal offence of violent behaviour (Criminal Code, art.323.a).
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
6
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
20
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
7
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
The Croatian Parliament passed a law amending the legal definition of a hate crime in the criminal code to include language as a new ground for discrimination.
IGO
Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
In his report following a visit to Croatia, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe urged the authorities to improve the hate crime recording system and to systematically train law enforcement and legal professionals.
ODIHR Recommendations
ODIHR observes that Croatia has not reported hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation to ODIHR.