The hate crimes presented below include incidents without charges and other investigative measures that had a bias motivation. It also includes 100 incidents of hate speech, which falls outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime but could not be disaggregated.
In 2020, the Ministry of Justice published a report on the victimisation survey concerning the years 2005-2019; the survey included questions related to hate crimes and showed, among other things, that every year between 4,300 and 5,800 people were exposed to racist violence and between 1,500 and 2,500 people were exposed to violence due to their sexual orientation. Furthermore, almost six percent of victims of violence in 2019 responded that the violence may have been motivated by their gender identity.
This category includes crimes committed due to bias based on nationality, ethnicity, "race", skin colour and other related grounds.
This category includes only hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation.
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the thirty-eight session: Compilation on Denmark."
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth reports of Denmark".
ODIHR recognizes Denmark's efforts in conducting a victimization survey addressing hate crimes and, in particular, the submitted information regarding police records. However, based on the available information, it observes that Denmark has not reported data on hate crimes recorded by the prosecution and judiciary to ODIHR. In addition, ODIHR observes that Denmark would benefit from ensuring that hate crimes are addressed in a comprehensive manner, including by introducing a coordination mechanism.
ODIHR recalls that in the Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, participating States have committed to collecting reliable data and statistics in sufficient detail on hate crimes and to reporting such crimes periodically to ODIHR. Furthermore, in the Ministerial Council Decisions 9/09 and 13/06, participating States have also committed to ensuring a comprehensive approach to hate crimes. To that end, the authorities and civil society need to collaborate and coordinate. ODIHR stands ready to support Denmark in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as further its comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of developing co-operation mechanisms to address hate crimes.