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 in Ukraine

How hate crime data is collected in Ukraine

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.

Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

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
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 2019 Data

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

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.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Nash Svit and Kantor Center reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-03 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2019-07 Threats
UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-10 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-09 Threats
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-01 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-01 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-02 Threats
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-02 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-02 Threats
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-02 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-04 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-05 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-05 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-05 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-07 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-07 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-07 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-07 Threats
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-08 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-08 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-09 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-09 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-09 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-09 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-10 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-11 Threats
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-11 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-11 Attacks against property
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Threats
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Attacks against property
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Kantor Center
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Attacks against property
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-04 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-04 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-01 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-01 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-02 Threats
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-12 Threats
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-04 Threats
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-01 Attacks against property
Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities (VAAD)
Congress of National Communities of Ukraine - CNCU
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2019-06 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-05 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-01 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-02 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-04 Threats
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-07 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-10 Threats
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-10 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-10 Threats
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-11 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-11 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-11 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-12 Attacks against property
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Gender-based hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-03 Attacks against property
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-11 Threats
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-12 Attacks against property
Women Association Sphere NGO
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2019-12 Threats
United Jewish Community of Ukraine
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-04 Threats
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
NGO "Alliance.Global"
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-07 Attacks against property
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019 Threats
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-08 Threats
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-09 Threats
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
NGO "Alliance.Global"
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2019-01 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-04 Attacks against property
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Threats
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Nash Mir" Human Rights Center
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2019-10 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
"Insight" Public Organization
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
"Insight" Public Organization
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
"Insight" Public Organization
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
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2019-03 Threats
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Ukraine."

The European Parliament published relevant recommendations in its "Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine."

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

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."

KEY OBSERVATION

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