Украина

ODIHR’s insights

For 2024, ODIHR received reports of 97 hate incidents that took place in Ukraine in the following bias motivation categories: anti-Christian, anti-LGBTI, anti-Muslim, gender-based, and racist and xenophobic. In addition, several incidents involved multiple biases, such as anti-Semitic and anti-Christian, gender-based and anti-LGBTI, or racist and xenophobic and anti-LGBTI.

ODIHR observes that a significant number of incidents reported in Ukraine targeted the LGBTI community. Several gay men were targeted in violent attacks due to their sexual orientation and/or association with the LGBTI community. A number of these incidents were committed by organized hate groups. Several anti-LGBTI incidents were perpetrated by the victim’s neighbours. A number of physical assaults targeting trans persons were also reported. Almost all anti-Christian incidents targeted members of the Jehovah’s Witness community and included several threats and serious physical assaults. Half of the incidents targeting Jehovah’s Witnesses were reported to have been committed by military officers at conscription offices, where the victims were requesting alternative military service due to their religion.

It should be noted that ODIHR did not receive any reporting on Ukraine related to disability hate incidents, and received low numbers of reporting on racist and xenophobic, anti-Muslim, anti-Roma, and anti-Semitic incidents. This indicates potential gaps in the information reported here.