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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.

SELECT YEAR

Download the 2016 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

About 2016 Data

Reported figures include cases of violation of equality (art. 161 of the Criminal Code), which may have included violence.

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National developments

A workshop on investigating hate crimes was co-organized by the Main Investigation Directorate of the National Police and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for specialized police investigators. The workshop focused on clarifying the concept of hate crimes, their differences from other types of criminal offences, and the impact of their effective investigation on the image of law enforcement.

The Main Directorates of the National Police in Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv regions participated in the trainings on "Hate Crimes: Prevention and Response", conducted by the civil society group Human Rights LGBT Center Nash Mir with the support of ODIHR.

Police investigators monitoring the investigation of hate crimes participated in a workshop on hate crime investigation, conducted by an Oslo police specialist. The workshop was organized by the civil society group Social Action Center No Borders project.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Ukraine has not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Total Incidents
Targeted properties
Type of property attacks

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-06	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-01	Attacks against property	SETA SOVA Center	Show info
2016-02	Attacks against property	SOVA Center	Show info

Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-08	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-03	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-06	Attacks against property	Antifascist Human Rights Legal League	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Antifascist Human Rights Legal League	Show info
2016-11	Violent attacks against people	Antifascist Human Rights Legal League	Show info
2016-03	Attacks against property	Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Jewish Confederation of Ukraine	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-03	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-12	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine	Show info
2016-08	Attacks against property	Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-01	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-11	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine	Show info
2016-12	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine	Show info
2016-10	Attacks against property	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Forum of Ukraine Jewish Foundation of Ukraine (JFU)	Show info
2016-12	Threats/Harassment	Antifascist Committee of Ukraine Antifascist Human Rights Legal League Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Jewish Forum of Ukraine	Show info

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-01	Attacks against property	SETA SOVA Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	UNHCR in Ukraine	Show info
2016-02	Attacks against property	SOVA Center	Show info

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-07	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-05	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-04	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-04	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-08	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-11	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-05	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-12	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-11	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-05	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-09	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-12	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-10	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-12	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-06	Violent attacks against people	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-12	Threats/Harassment	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-01	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-05	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-09	Attacks against property	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-06	Violent attacks against people	Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church	Show info
2016-07	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-03	Attacks against property	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-01	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-12	Threats/Harassment	Transgender Europe (TGEU)	Show info
2016-12	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-06	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-01	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-11	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-11	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-11	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-12	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-01	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-07	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-01	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-12	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-12	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-01	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-03	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-03	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-06	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-05	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-02	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-06	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-10	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-04	Attacks against property	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-08	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-11	Violent attacks against people	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info
2016-09	Threats/Harassment	LGBT Human Rights NASH SVIT Center	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

In its fifth report on Ukraine, the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) commended Ukraine's progress in investigating hate crimes and introducing specialized police officers. ECRI also noted the need to step up efforts to end racist violence against LGBT and Roma people. ECRI recommended that an independent investigative body be set up to address allegations of racially-motivated misconduct by the police, and that protected characteristics should be added to all relevant hate crime provisions in the criminal code, particularly sexual orientation and gender identity.