States that report
Incidents were reported on these states
International Reports
Армения
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted several attacks on Jehovah’s witnesses and their places of worship in Armenia.
Босния и Герцеговина
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted that attackers continued to damage religious sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also recommended that all “incidents of alleged racist violence be thoroughly and promptly investigated” and that the authorities “introduce systematic and comprehensive monitoring of all incidents which may constitute racist violence.”
Польша
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) noted cases targeting Orthodox Christian and Catholic churches.
Сербия
In Milanović v. Serbia, for the first time the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) referenced the duty of officials to investigate a religiously motivated crime. The Court stated that, just as in the case of “racially motivated attacks, when investigating violent incidents, State authorities have the additional duty to take all reasonable steps to unmask any religious motive and to establish whether or not religious hatred or prejudice may have played a role in the events.” The case concerned a leading member of the Vaishnava Hindu religious community, also known as Hare Krishna, who suffered a series of attacks between 2001 and 2007.
