Official figures record 37 racist and xenophobic hate crimes.
Serbia reported one case of a third-grade Roma boy who was beaten and verbally abused by three young men. Three suspects were identified.
Serbia reported one case of physical assault against a lesbian woman involving serious injuries.
The Regional Centre for Minorities reported several attacks on a youth centre over a period of three months, involving rocks being thrown, windows being broken, and Molotov cocktails being thrown, and one case of physical assault.
The Regional Centre for Minorities reported two physical assaults, including one involving serious injury and one against a Roma woman in a container settlement after a forced eviction by authorities; three cases of graffiti; and one arson attack against a community centre.
Labris and the Gay Straight Alliance reported one case of physical assualt against a lesbian woman involving serious injuries; six additional physical assaults, including one resulting in serious injury and one involving a group; and one case of threats. Apart from the physical assault on the lesbian woman, the victims were gay men, including one youth.
The Regional Centre for Minorities reported one case of damage to property of an LGBT centre.
The Gay Straight Alliance reported a further nine cases of physical assault, including two outside gay nightclubs and two on public transport, and a repeated assault against a man near his home; two cases of threats; two cases of criminal damage involving one case of graffiti on a cultural centre, and one case involving rocks being thrown and explosive devices being deployed. The victims were all gay men, with the exceptions of one boy and one lesbian woman.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that Serbia enact specific legislation on hate crimes and intensify enforcement against racially motivated crimes.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Serbia ensure more vigorous implementation of criminal law in cases of racist crime, strengthen judicial training on issues relating to racist crime and encourage witnesses and victims to report hate crimes. ECRI also expressed concern about violent attacks against religious minorities, especially Jehovah’s Witnesses and Adventists in Serbia.