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

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National developments

Amendments to Section 140 of the Criminal Code of Slovakia on the aggravation of penalties in cases of bias-motivated crime entered into effect in 2013. The amendment includes sexual orientation among the protected characteristics listed in the provision.

The Ministry of Interior and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung organized two trainings for 50 police officers, including police officers with a Roma background, serving in areas with substantial Roma populations whose primary responsibility in autumn 2013 was to liaise between the local Roma population and the police. The trainings also addressed the issues of bias-motivated crimes and current forms of violent extremism.

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

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

In its fifth report, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) observed the amendments to the Slovak Criminal Code’s aggravating circumstances provision and, in that context, reiterated the need for detailed statistical data on racist, homophobic and transphobic crimes.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that Slovakia take action to ensure the effective investigation and prosecution of hate crimes, and that the state provide the Committee with comprehensive hate crime statistics.