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, combatting, 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.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
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

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

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

Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress reported 48 physical assaults.

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Kantor Center reported five cases of graffiti on memorials to Jewish individuals; one case of graffiti on a synagogue; two cases of graffiti on a Holocaust memorial; one case of property damage to gravestones in a cemetery; and one case in which a mass Jewish grave was uncovered and the remains scattered. The remains were re-buried by the Jewish community.

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The “Our World” Gay and Lesbian Centre reported two cases of threats, one of which involved graffiti; and two physical assaults, both involving serious injury and requiring hospital treatment.

Developments

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Social Action Centre implemented a legal assistance project for victims of racist crimes, funded by the German foundation Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft. Through the project, pro bono legal assistance was offered to victims of 13 incidents in Kyiv, Lugansk, Khmelnitskiy, Kharkiv, Vinnytsa and Donetsk.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that Ukraine re-activate its working group on xenophobia and ethnic and racial intolerance, as well as systems for investigating and combating ethnic crimes; effectively investigate reported hate crimes and ensure that police refrain from racial profiling; prosecute and punish hate crimes; and expand human rights training for law-enforcement authorities.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Ukraine ensure that racist offences are consistently reported and recorded in the criminal justice system as a means to improve tracking of cases across the criminal justice system; intensify its efforts to combat bias-motivated violence through effective punishment; and deliver training for all criminal justice system agencies on implementing criminal provisions. In its adopted reports for 2011, ECRI noted cases of violence against Roma in Ukraine.