The breakdown below includes offences recorded as committed with the following bias motivations: anti-Roma hate crime; anti-Semitic hate crime; and anti-LGBTI hate crime. This number differs from the total number provided in government reports on extremism and prejudicial hatred and may include incidents that fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition.
In 2022, a new type of criminal offence was introduced to the Czech Criminal Code: dissemination of work to promote a movement aimed at suppressing human rights and freedoms.
In 2022, in co-operation with the Academy of Justice in Kroměříž, three multi-day seminars on hate crime were held for specialists at the district and regional levels of the public prosecutor's office.
In 2022, the Institute for Criminology and Social Prevention conducted a representative victimization survey among more than 3,000 respondents. The survey question on prejudicial violence was directed at respondents who had been physically assaulted in the last three years in attacks that did not have a pecuniary motive. Of these assaults, 9 per cent of respondents said that, in their opinion, the attack was carried out for reasons related to bias. According to the data collected, assaults motivated by anti-Roma hatred were reported most frequently, followed by assaults motivated by bias against sexual orientation.
This number differs from the total number provided in government reports on extremism and prejudicial hatred. Statistics provided by the Czech law enforcement authorities also include cases of hate crime and hate speech.
This number differs from the total number provided in government reports on extremism and prejudicial hatred. Statistics provided by the Czech law enforcement authorities also include cases of hate crime and hate speech.
This number differs from the total number provided in government reports on extremism and prejudicial hatred. Statistics provided by the Czech law enforcement authorities also include cases of hate crime and hate speech.
ODIHR recognizes the Czech Republic's efforts to build prosecutors' capacities in addressing hate crimes. However, based on the available information, it observes that the country's mechanisms for recording hate crime data and statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. In addition, ODIHR observes that the Czech Republic would benefit from raising awareness among and building the capacity of police to respond to hate crimes.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States agreed to a common hate crime definition and also committed to collecting reliable data and statistics on hate crimes. To that end, hate crimes need to be distinguished throughout the recording and data collection process from crimes of incitement to hatred and other hate speech offenses. Participating States have also committed to introducing or further developing professional training and capacity-building activities for law enforcement, prosecution, and judicial officials dealing with hate crimes. ODIHR stands ready to support the Czech Republic in meeting its relevant commitments through the provision of comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as by providing further resources and tailored capacity-building assistance for police.
In addition to incidents submitted with detailed descriptions, this graph includes 7 anti-Semitic incidents reported as statistics by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.