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Spain

Spain regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Spain publishes annual reports on hate crimes.

Spain implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme in 2019, and the Prosecutor General's Office has established a network of dedicated hate crime prosecutors across the country. A regional TAHCLE in Valencia was implemented in 2016.

The Ministry of Interior has a dedicated protocol that regulates how law enforcement handles hate crime cases and sets out the specific rights of hate crime victims. Within the Ministry, the Spanish National Office Against Hate Crimes (ONDOD) is responsible for the Hate Crime Action Plan (adopted for 2019-2021 and 2022-2024). Currently, the Action Plan covers the areas of victim support, co-ordination among state authorities, civil society and the private sector, hate crime prevention, specialization within the police, training, awareness raising, and the allocation of adequate human resources in ONDOD.

In 2023, Spain implemented a new national Strategic Framework against racism and xenophobia

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Download the 2012 hate crime report for Spain

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 2,268 210 157
2022 1,869 191 152
2021 1,802 192 91
2020 1401 675 144
2019 1706 Not available Not available
2018 1598 Not available Not available
2017 1419 Not available Not available
2016 1272 Not available Not available
2015 1328 Not available Not available
2014 1285 Not available Not available
2013 1168 Not available Not available
2012 261 Not available Not available
2011 224 Not available Not available
2010 92 Not available Not available
2009 93 Not available Not available

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National developments

2,690 members of the Guardia Civil and local police were trained on identifying and registering racist and xenophobic incidents. Spain also adopted a training manual for police and security forces that provides detailed information on key concepts, international and national standards, police best practices, and recommendations for a protocol on police practice in cases of racist or xenophobic crimes.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Spain has not reported on the numbers of prosecuted cases or information on sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Union of Islamic Communities in Spain reported one case of damage to a number of cars owned by a Muslim NGO.

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Disability hate crime

The Movement Against Intolerance reported one murder of a homeless man and a further physical assault against a homeless man.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The Movement Against Intolerance reported one physical assault against a transgender person outside a nightclub in Zaragoza.

Algarabia reported a further physical assault against a transgender person in Tenerife.

The Centre for Human Rights Research (CIDH) Pro Igual reported one physical assault by a group resulting in serious injury.

The State Federation of LGBT reported six physical assaults, three of which were carried out by a group, three involving injuries and one involving a stab wound. The victims included a group of LGBT people, two transgender women, a transgender boy, a lesbian girl and two lesbians.

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Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Centre for Human Rights Research (CIDH) Pro Igual reported one physical assault by a group against migrants, resulting in serious injury.

The Union of Islamic Communities in Spain and the Movement Against Intolerance reported the murder of a Senegalese man and a physical assault against another Senegalese man outside a club.

The Union of Islamic Communities in Spain reported two further physical assaults, also against men of African descent.

The Movement Against Intolerance reported the murder of a man from the Dominican Republic by a group; two cases of threats, one involving an Ecuadorian school girl, who later committed suicide; one case of property damage to a Chinese-owned bar and one case of graffiti; ten physical assaults, including four resulting in serious injury, involving weapons such as bats and guns. The victims were mainly men of African descent, while one was a woman of African descent.

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Anti-Roma hate crime

The Centre for Human Rights Research (CIDH) Pro Igual reported one incident motivated by bias against Roma and Sinti, a physical assault by a group resulting in serious injury in Salamanca.

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