Ukraine

Ukraine regularly submits data on hate crimes to ODIHR. In 2019, the National Police of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs worked with ODIHR to publish an information booklet on Categorizing and Investigating Hate Crimes in Ukraine: A Practical Guide. Ukraine's National Human Rights Strategy includes an objective to "create a system for preventing, combating, documenting and investigating hate crimes". In 2020, a working group co-ordinated by the Human Rights Commissioner of the Ukrainian Parliament was created to improve hate crime recording procedures.

Hate crime data collection in Ukraine
Support for hate crime victims in Ukraine
Hate crime capacity building in Ukraine
Ukraine's hate crime legislation
Download the 2009 hate crime report for Ukraine

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 Not available Not available Not available
2022 150 Not available Not available
2021 Not available Not available Not available
2020 203 170 6
2019 256 235 4
2018 178 149 6
2017 163 94 3
2016 144 76 2
2015 157 79 3
2014 33 33 2
2013 Not available Not available Not available
2012 3 2 Not available
2011 5 Not available Not available
2010 5 Not available Not available
2009 2 Not available Not available

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

The Interior Ministry and the Office of the Prosecutor issued a joint instruction to law-enforcement bodies to register crimes committed on the basis racial, ethnic or religious intolerance.

The criminal code was amended to include aggravating circumstances in sentences for crimes motivated by “racial, national or religious intolerance”. The types of crimes added in the amendments include murder, intentional grievous bodily harm, intentional bodily injury of medium gravity and threatening to kill.

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

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

Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Diversity Initiative recorded 26 assaults. Seventeen incidents were reported to have been brought to the attention of the police. The Congress of National Communities of Ukraine reported 37 assaults. Victims included persons from Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Caucasus.

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Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Congress of National Communities reported an anti-Semitic assault, two cases of arson and 17 cases of vandalism. The Jewish Foundation of Ukraine reported three assaults, six cases of vandalism and 20 instances anti-Semitic graffiti. The Stephen Roth Institute reported 20 violent incidents.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Congress of National Communities of Ukraine reported three cases of vandalism, of a religious school, a mosque and a cemetery, respectively. The Diversity Initiative reported an incident against a Crimean Tatar.

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Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

The Congress of National Communities reported an attack with a Molotov cocktail on a church belonging to the Revival Fire Christian group.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The Informational Educational Centre reported one assault and that threats were made targeting an LGBT organization. The Congress of National Communities reported three attacks on property associated with LGBT persons.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

UNHCR reported anti-Semitic and xenophobic graffiti painted on the office of the NGO Chernihiv Civic Committee for the Protection of Human Rights. The incident was reported to the police.