Slovakia

Slovakia regularly reports police data and data on sentencing to ODIHR. Slovakia's criminal code includes substantive offences and a specific penalty enhancement clause affixed to a large number of base offences. While sentencing data only comprise hate crimes, police data also include hate speech offences. The Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor's Office collect hate crime data. The data on hate crime are not made public.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2019	50	38	8
2018	41	20	15
2017	34	16	10
2016	10	9	3
2015	6	30	2
2014	3	Not available	4
2013	7	Not available	7
2012	102	Not available	16
2011	242	Not available	16
2010	Not available	Not available	10
2009	132	Not available	18

About 2019 Data

These figures refer to crimes recorded as having a "special motivation", i.e. hate crimes. The data is provided by the police and Prosecutor General’s Office. The prosecution and sentencing figures refer to proceedings for "specially motivated" crimes recorded by the courts and the General Prosecutor’s Office in 2019. The numbers here may include offences that fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019	Violent attacks against people	Islamic Foundation in Slovakia	Show info
2019-12	Violent attacks against people	Islamic Foundation in Slovakia	Show info

Anti-Roma hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2019-07	Violent attacks against people	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights	Show info
2019-12	Threats	European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)	Show info