Ukraine

Ukraine regularly submits information on hate crimes to ODIHR. Ukraine's hate crime laws combine general and specific penalty enhancement provisions and contain a substantive offence. Hate crime data are collected by the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Department on Sentence Execution and the State Statistics Committee.

How hate crime data is collected

Hate crime monitoring and data collection in Ukraine is carried out according to an instruction from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The recording protocol enables the recording of the victim's perception of bias motivation, including race, nationality, religion or belief.

There is a Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations, indicating the preliminary criminal law qualification of the offence in accordance with the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The Register is maintained by the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine and operates according to the appropriate regulation. The preliminary legal qualification of a crime may change depending on the evidence obtained during the investigation.

Hate crime data is collected by the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine based on information in the protocols on committed or attempted crimes, as well as in the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations. The investigative departments of National Police Directorates for each region of the country have staff responsible for monitoring and identifying information about crimes that may indicate the presence of prejudice. This information is also sent to the Main Investigation Department of the National Police for compilation.

The police define hate crimes as committed on the grounds of racial, national or religious intolerance. In addition, records are kept of crimes committed on the grounds of prejudice against members of the LGBTI community and people with disabilities.

When collecting information on hate crimes, the National Police of Ukraine requests the information that it needs from other organizations and institutions, including the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine and the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. Statistical information on hate crimes is published annually on the official website of the National Police.

The Prosecutor's Office does not generate data on hate crimes because there is no precise definition of hate crime in existing Ukrainian legislation. Information can only be filtered according to articles of the Criminal Code, which do not provide reliable information about hate crimes. Statistics on the judicial outcomes are provided by the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine. Statistical information is also based on separate articles of the Criminal Code but does not reveal information on bias motivation in sentenced cases.

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Official Data

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2019	256	235	4
2018	178	149	6
2017	163	94	3
2016	144	76	2
2015	157	79	3

Hate crimes recorded by police

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National developments

ODIHR's publication Categorizing and Investigating Hate Crimes in Ukraine: A Practical Guide was published in May 2019. The Guide aims to assist prosecutors overseeing the investigation process, and complements the efforts of the National Police Main Investigation Department and the Human Rights Department, which launched a detailed Methodological Recommendation on Investigating Hate Crimes in 2017.

International reports

Racism and xenophobia, Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity

The United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity published relevant recommendations in his "Report on the visit to Ukraine."